Crime Rate in Brownhills, ward

Brownhills has the 9th highest crime rate of 20 wards in Walsall district and the 1825th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 162nd highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Brownhills in the last 12 months was 98.5 per 1,000 residents and was 5.1% lower than the Walsall district average (103.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Brownhills’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 500 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 3 cases , down -57.1% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 599 (≈ 44.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Brownhills ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 260 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.