Crime in Redditch showed a mixed picture across the selected recorded crime categories we analysed between 2024 and 2025.
The purpose of this crime snapshot is to increase awareness of selected recorded crime trends in Redditch and provide a simple year-on-year comparison using Police.uk data.
It is not intended to provide a complete picture of all crime in the area. Instead, it focuses on four categories that may be particularly relevant to residents, property owners and businesses: burglary, other theft, vehicle crime, and criminal damage and arson.
The figures include all recorded offences within these categories across Redditch. They are not limited to residential or commercial properties.
Crime in Redditch: Key Figures
| Crime category | 2024 | 2025 | Numerical change | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 264 | 304 | +40 | +15.2% |
| Other theft | 469 | 436 | -33 | -7.0% |
| Vehicle crime | 508 | 385 | -123 | -24.2% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 483 | 591 | +108 | +22.4% |
| Selected categories total | 1,724 | 1,716 | -8 | -0.5% |
Across the four selected crime categories, the overall number of recorded offences changed very little.
There were 1,724 recorded offences in 2024 compared with 1,716 in 2025.
That represents just eight fewer recorded offences, an overall reduction of approximately 0.5%.
The overall total remained broadly stable, but there were significant differences when the individual categories are compared.
What Does That Look Like Across the Year?
In 2024, the selected categories accounted for:
1,724 recorded offences across the year
Approximately 144 per month
Approximately 4.7 per day
In 2025, there were:
1,716 recorded offences across the year
Approximately 143 per month
Approximately 4.7 per day
These monthly and daily figures are averages across the full year. They do not mean offences occurred evenly from one day or month to another.
What Increased?
The largest percentage increase was recorded in criminal damage and arson.
There were 483 recorded offences in 2024 compared with 591 in 2025.
That represents 108 additional offences, an increase of 22.4%.
Burglary also increased.
There were 264 recorded burglaries in 2024 and 304 in 2025.
That was an increase of 40 offences, or 15.2%.
Police.uk combines criminal damage and arson within one category in the data used for this snapshot. This means separate totals for vandalism, criminal damage and arson cannot be calculated from these figures.
What Decreased?
The largest reduction was in vehicle crime.
There were 508 recorded vehicle crime offences in 2024 compared with 385 in 2025.
That represents 123 fewer offences, a reduction of 24.2%.
Other theft also fell, although by a smaller amount.
Recorded other theft offences decreased from 469 in 2024 to 436 in 2025, representing 33 fewer offences, or a reduction of 7.0%.
The overall picture is therefore mixed rather than showing crime moving consistently in one direction.
Although the combined number of selected offences remained almost unchanged, vehicle crime fell considerably while burglary and criminal damage and arson both increased.
What Could This Mean for Residents and Businesses?
The figures do not show whether individual offences involved private homes, shops, offices, warehouses, construction sites or other types of premises.
They can, however, provide useful local context.
More than 300 burglaries were recorded across Redditch in 2025, while criminal damage and arson increased by more than 22% compared with the previous year.
For businesses responsible for premises, vehicles or physical assets, changes in these categories may be worth considering when reviewing access arrangements, out-of-hours security and the protection of exposed property.
The reduction in vehicle crime should also be recognised. Recorded vehicle crime fell by almost a quarter between 2024 and 2025, so the figures do not suggest that every relevant type of crime increased.
There may also be relevance for some residential properties.
Owners of larger homes, private estates or rural properties may have more than the main building to consider, including entrances, driveways, vehicles, garages, outbuildings and wider grounds.
The statistics do not tell us how many offences affected these types of properties and should not be interpreted as evidence that larger homes or estates are specifically being targeted.
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About the Crime in Redditch Data
This snapshot is based on Police.uk street-level recorded crime data covering January to December 2024 and January to December 2025.
The same crime categories and geographic approach have been used for both years to provide a like-for-like comparison.
Police.uk publishes crime locations in an anonymised form, so individual map points should not be treated as exact incident addresses.
The figures should therefore be viewed as a local crime snapshot rather than a record of offences affecting specific homes, businesses or individual properties.
Official source: Police.uk Open Crime Data
More information about how Police.uk publishes street-level crime information is available in the Police.uk street-level crime methodology.
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