Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0Bromsgrove records more violent crime per head than 70% of UK towns
Recorded violent and sexual offences ran at 30.9 per 1,000 residents a year, and burglary, vehicle crime and damage at 10.8. The grade is C, built on crimes police recorded inside Bromsgrove’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026: #16 of 22 in Worcestershire. Even so, of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, 57% record more crime per resident.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Bromsgrove
Less crime than many places its size
Of 191 UK towns of 24,000 to 47,000 people, Bromsgrove has the 62nd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Bishop's Stortford, Cheshunt and Beverley, higher than Whitstable, St Neots and Walton-on-Thames. Towns its size ↓
Many neighbourhoods rank low for crime nationally
The government’s Indices of Deprivation 2025 rank every neighbourhood in England on recorded crime. 21% of Bromsgrove’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 16% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Bromsgrove’s C
A firm grade. Built on 4,340 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Bromsgrove against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
1 in 5 Bromsgrove residents lives in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
35% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 16% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Bromsgrove’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Bromsgrove runs highest on burglary (3.1 per 1,000 against 2.4). Other crime and drugs sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 1,057 | 30.4 | 30.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 326 | 9.4 | 12.4 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 182 | 5.2 | 6.1 |
| Public order | not graded | 181 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 142 | 4.1 | 6.2 |
| Other theft | not graded | 123 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 108 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 74 | 2.1 | 2.8 |
| Drugs | not graded | 43 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| Other crime | not graded | 41 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 29 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Robbery | Violent | 21 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 13 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 12 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Of 191 towns its size, Bromsgrove is 62nd from the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heswall Merseyside | 29,082 | 14.3 | 5.5 | 3.8 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 52 | Great Malvern Worcestershire | 33,194 | 28.5 | 10.7 | 15.8 | C+ |
| 53 | Droitwich Spa Worcestershire | 26,413 | 28.3 | 11.1 | 17.1 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 59 | Whitstable Kent | 32,185 | 27.1 | 13.3 | 19.4 | C |
| 60 | St Neots Cambridgeshire | 33,262 | 26.8 | 13.8 | 10.7 | C |
| 61 | Walton-on-Thames Surrey | 27,016 | 28.5 | 12.9 | 13.7 | C |
| 62 | Bromsgrove Worcestershire | 34,759 | 30.9 | 10.8 | 12.9 | C |
| 63 | Falmouth Cornwall | 24,066 | 29.4 | 12.5 | 16.5 | C |
| 64 | Hertford Hertfordshire | 28,807 | 29.8 | 12.1 | 17.4 | C |
| 65 | Waterlooville Hampshire | 34,766 | 33.7 | 8.4 | 12.8 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 111 | Evesham Worcestershire | 28,256 | 37.2 | 15.3 | 17.4 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 191 | Great Yarmouth Norfolk | 28,979 | 105 | 32.9 | 33.7 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Bromsgrove, and others in Worcestershire.
Lowest recorded crime in Avoncroft, Lowes Hill and Hill Top; highest in Bromsgrove Central
| Ward | Residents | Violent | Homes & vehicles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avoncroft | 1,013 | 3.6 | 2.6 | |
| Lowes Hill | 3,038 | 4.4 | 2.3 | |
| Hill Top | 1,989 | 10.9 | 4.5 | |
| Slideslow | 3,475 | 13.4 | 3.5 | |
| Tardebigge | 1,302 | 18.7 | 7.9 | |
| Aston Fields | 3,515 | 21 | 8.9 | |
| Norton | 1,487 | 32.3 | 13.9 | |
| Charford | 3,421 | 39.5 | 13.4 | |
| Sidemoor | 4,357 | 44.1 | 14.8 | |
| Rock Hill | 3,548 | 46.1 | 18.3 | |
| Sanders Park | 3,273 | 52.3 | 14.3 | |
| Bromsgrove Central | 3,434 | 52.1 | 17.2 |
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Car parks | 588 | 40% violent |
| Supermarkets | 434 | 59% shoplifting & theft |
| Sports and recreation grounds | 125 | 37% violent |
| Nightclubs | 107 | 64% violent |
| Shopping areas | 73 | 33% shoplifting & theft |
| Petrol stations | 23 | 35% violent |
A ward’s rate counts crimes where they happened, not where victims live, so Sanders Park records 1.8× the violent crime per resident of the rest of Bromsgrove. police.uk places each crime at an anonymous map point; some are named for the kind of place (a supermarket, a car park), and each row adds up every place of that kind in Bromsgrove. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Crimes per 1,000 residents a year by council ward (the part of each ward inside Bromsgrove’s built-up area), September 2023 to August 2026. Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
Police in Bromsgrove identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 64% of Bromsgrove’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 12% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (71% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 6% of violent and 3% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 1,395 crimes.
Crime in Bromsgrove per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 9 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 9 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Violent crime held steady over the year
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling six-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent -1% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -18% (towns its size -2%), shoplifting and theft -34% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour -37% (towns its size -4%).
No one died in a collision on Bromsgrove’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 151 collisions with injuries inside Bromsgrove in five years. 39 people were killed or seriously injured: 14 on foot and 4 on a bicycle.
That is about what is typical for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: at their median rate (0.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Bromsgrove’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Bromsgrove’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Bromsgrove had 22.4 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people (23.8). 36% of them were on foot, against 30% across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Bromsgrove’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Bromsgrove
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bromsgrove | 34,759 | 30.9 | 10.8 | C |
| Catshill | 10,173 | 25.1 | 9.6 | B− |
| Blackwell | 1,209 | 8.8 | 9.1 | A |
| Stoke Prior | 2,226 | 19.9 | 6.3 | B+ |
| Barnt Green | 3,821 | 15.1 | 14.3 | B |
| Wychbold | 2,005 | 30.3 | 7.5 | C+ |
| Alvechurch | 3,412 | 17.3 | 11 | B |
| Romsley | 1,153 | 21.7 | 16.5 | C+ |
Bromsgrove records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Catshill, 2.2 miles away, records 25.1 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Bromsgrove’s 30.9.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Bromsgrove sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Bromsgrove
Is Bromsgrove safe?
Police recorded 30.9 violent and sexual offences and 10.8 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Bromsgrove’s built-up area). That earns a C for safety: less crime per resident than 32% of UK towns. Among 191 UK towns of 24,000 to 47,000 people, Bromsgrove is 62nd from the least crime. 21% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
What are the safest areas of Bromsgrove?
By council ward, Avoncroft, Lowes Hill and Hill Top record the least violent and household crime per resident: 3.6, 4.4 and 10.9 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year (3-year average), against 52.1 in Bromsgrove Central.
Is crime going up in Bromsgrove?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime held steady, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 18%, shoplifting and theft fell 34% and anti-social behaviour fell 37%. Across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, violent crime held steady.
Is Bromsgrove town centre safe at night?
police.uk placed 107 crimes and reports at or near nightclubs in three years, 64% of them violent, and Sanders Park ward records 52.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 of its residents a year. Over the last two years, violent crime peaked in July and was lowest in December.
What is the most common crime in Bromsgrove?
Violence & sexual offences: 1,057 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came shoplifting (182) and public order (181), with 326 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Bromsgrove compare with Redditch?
Redditch records 37.7 violent and sexual offences and 14.6 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Bromsgrove’s 30.9 and 10.8, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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