Crime Rate in Birchills Leamore, ward

Birchills Leamore has the 4th highest crime rate of 20 wards in Walsall district and the 656th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 42nd highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Birchills Leamore in the last 12 months was 148.3 per 1,000 residents and was 42.9% higher than the Walsall district average (103.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Birchills Leamore’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,033 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 13 cases , up 8.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 54.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -32.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,239 (≈ 67.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Birchills Leamore ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 213 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Fryers Close (37 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.