Total Crime Rate
48.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Highgate Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 118 local areas in Birchills Leamore , and the 299th lowest crime rate of 824 local areas in Walsall .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Highgate Road (WS1 3JE) in the last 12 months was 48.2 per 1,000 residents and was 67.5% lower than the Birchills Leamore average (148.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 18.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highgate Road (WS1 3JE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Haskell Street, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grange Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birchills Leamore| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haskell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Haskell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Haskell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grange Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grange Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Haskell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Haskell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haskell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haskell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | East Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Haskell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Vincent Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haskell Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haskell Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Highgate Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haskell Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sandwell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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