Total Crime Rate

448.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 448.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 161.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 73.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 43.9 10/10
  • Public order 43.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 39.0 8/10
  • Drugs 29.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 29.3 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 14.6 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.9 7/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Robbery 4.9 7/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Hatherton Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Rushall-Shelfield , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 824 local areas in Walsall .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hatherton Road (WS1 1YA) in the last 12 months was 448.8 per 1,000 residents and was 575.4% higher than the Rushall-Shelfield average (66.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 224.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hatherton Road (WS1 1YA), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 289 crimes here, including 97 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hatherton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Digbeth Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order St Paul'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Digbeth Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Other crime St Paul'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Paul'S Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Paul'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Paul'S Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs St Paul'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St Paul'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Park Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Park Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Park Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Park Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Park Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Park Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Park Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Street
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Darwall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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