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Crime in Bromsgrove by area

Every neighbourhood we cover, ranked by crimes per 1,000 residents a year, from police.uk figures for June to August 2026. Highest first. Pick a type of crime to re-rank, or tap a column to sort.

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1,825crimes recordedJune to August 2026
+17%on the 3 months beforemore crime
Fairfieldlowest rate12.7 per 1,000 a year
47.8middle areacrimes per 1,000 a year

Darker means more crime per resident. Tap an area for its page.

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Most improved: Rubery (0%), Bromsgrove (9%) and Barnt Green (29%), compared with the three months before.

Every area, ranked

#Most common
1HollywoodB47 · 24,727 residents 107.4▲ 32%violence
2RuberyB45 · 37,669 residents 104.40%violence
3Cofton HackettB45 · 4,047 residents 76.1▲ 8%violence
4AlvechurchB48 · 5,364 residents 73.8▲ 10%violence
5BromsgroveB60 · 37,581 residents 68.5▲ 9%violence
6CatshillB61 · 18,753 residents 63.8▲ 34%violence
7WythallB47 · 6,237 residents 50.7▲ 55%violence
8Barnt GreenB45 · 12,714 residents 47.8▲ 29%violence
9BlackwellB60 · 2,463 residents 43.8–violence
10Stoke PriorB60 · 2,699 residents 43▼ 3%violence
11HagleyDY9 · 12,018 residents 32▲ 39%violence
12Lickey EndB60 · 7,136 residents 29.1▲ 53%violence
13BelbroughtonDY9 · 1,588 residents 27.7▼ 48%violence
14FinstallB60 · 7,515 residents 21.8▲ 24%violence
15FairfieldB61 · 2,207 residents 12.7–violence

Change compares the last three months with the three before. A dash means too few crimes to compare fairly.

Why busy centres look worst

Crimes are counted where they happen, but residents are counted where they live. Town centres and shopping areas have lots of shops, bars and visitors and not many residents, so their rates come out high even though most people there are just passing through.

How we work it out

Each area is a circle round its middle, the same as on its MeBabber page. We count the crimes police.uk records inside the circle over the last three months and turn that into a yearly figure, then divide by the number of people who live inside the circle, from the 2021 Census. Police locations are moved slightly on purpose to protect victims, so treat small differences between neighbouring areas with a pinch of salt.

Sources: data.police.uk and the Office for National Statistics, both under the Open Government Licence. Figures update every month.

Crime in every area

Questions people ask

Which areas of Bromsgrove have the lowest crime?

Over June to August 2026, the areas with the fewest crimes per 1,000 residents were Fairfield, Finstall, Belbroughton, Lickey End and Hagley.

Which areas of Bromsgrove have the highest crime?

Leaving aside the big shopping and industrial areas, where visitors and workers push the figures up, the highest rates over June to August 2026 were in Hollywood, Rubery, Cofton Hackett, Alvechurch and Bromsgrove.

Is crime going up or down in Bromsgrove?

Across Bromsgrove, 1,825 crimes were recorded over June to August 2026, 17% more than the three months before.

How is crime per 1,000 residents worked out?

We count the crimes police.uk records inside each area, turn the last three months into a yearly figure, and divide by the number of people who live there from the 2021 Census.