Total Crime Rate

122.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 122.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.9 6/10
  • Public order 18.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.0 8/10
  • Other crime 9.0 9/10
  • Burglary 6.0 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Walsall Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Charlemont with Grove Vale , and the 243rd 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 Walsall Road (B71 3LN) in the last 12 months was 122.8 per 1,000 residents and was 52.7% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 53.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Walsall Road (B71 3LN), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Walsall Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stonelea Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlemont Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlemont Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlemont Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Jayne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Charlemont Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stonelea Close —
Sep 2025Drugs Florence Grove Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campville Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Walsall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Oakwood Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Oakwood Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakwood Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Simon Close —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Simon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Needwood Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Simon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walsall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Florence Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sheldon Road —

Data Sources

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