Redditch

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Redditch
Town and Borough
Church Green East, Redditch.
Motto:  REDDITE DEO[1]
Redditch as seen under the B97 & B98 Postcodes.
Coordinates: 52°18′00″N 1°56′00″W / 52.3°N 1.933333°W / 52.3; -1.933333
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	West Midlands
Ceremonial County	Worcestershire
District	Redditch
New Town status	10 April 1964
Borough status	15 May 1980
UK Parliament	Redditch
District	Redditch
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Redditch Borough Council
• MP	Rachel Maclean (Conservative)
Area [2]
• District	21 sq mi (54 km2)
• Rank	240th
Elevation	430 ft (130 m)
Population  (2022)[3]
• District	87,132
• Rank	273rd
• Density	4,160/sq mi (1,606/km2)
• Urban [4]	81,635
Ethnicity (2021) [5]
• Ethnic groups	List 89.8% White 5.7% Asian 2.6% Mixed 1.2% Black 0.6% other
Religion (2021) [5]
• Religion	List 48.9% Christianity 40% no religion 4.2% Islam 0.4% Hinduism 0.1% Judaism 0.4% Sikhism 0.2% Buddhism 0.4% other 5.5% not stated
• Summer (DST)	GMT
Postcodes	B96, B97, B98
Post town	redditch
Dialling code	01527
ONS code	47UD (ONS) E07000236 (GSS)
Website	www.redditchbc.gov.uk

Redditch is a town and borough in Worcestershire, England. It is located south of Birmingham, east of Bromsgrove, northwest of Alcester and northeast of Worcester. The borough had a population of 87,037 in 2021. In the 19th century, it became a centre for the needle and fishing tackle industry.

90% of the world's needles were manufactured in the town and its surrounding areas.^[6] In the 1960s, it became part of the new town planning movement which included it expanding into neighbouring villages and hamlets surrounding the town. It is the second largest settlement in Worcestershire, after Worcester.