Total Crime Rate

113.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 113.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.3 7/10
  • Burglary 7.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.8 6/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • Shoplifting 7.8 5/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Readers Walk area has the 34th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Charlemont with Grove Vale , and the 281st highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Sandwell .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Readers Walk (B43 6PF) in the last 12 months was 113.7 per 1,000 residents and was 41.5% higher than the Charlemont with Grove Vale average (80.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 47.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 120.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Readers Walk (B43 6PF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bromford Walk, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jayshaw Avenue (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Charlemont with Grove Vale

Crime Over Time in Readers Walk area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sandringham Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bromford Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Readers Walk —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Low Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Low Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Public order A4041 Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bromford Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bromford Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bromford Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bromford Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Sandringham Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bromford Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Jayshaw Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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