Postcode district · Redditch
Crime in B98
How much crime is recorded in B98, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Redditch
- Region
- West Midlands
- Population
- 61,712 (2024)
B98Postcode district · Redditch
How safe is B98
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 32.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in B98, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
32.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
64
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
B98National
Violence and sexual offences25.923.6
Shoplifting10.48.4
Burglary9.39.1
Anti-social behaviour8.210.7
Criminal damage and arson4.54.7
Other theft4.24.5
Public order4.04.6
Vehicle crime2.63.5
Drugs1.62.4
Other crime1.61.5
Robbery1.11.4
Possession of weapons1.00.9
Bicycle theft0.91.0
Theft from the person0.52.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 16% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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10
20
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.