Total Crime Rate

314.6 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 314.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 130.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.0 10/10
  • Other theft 22.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.5 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 18.0 10/10
  • Public order 13.5 8/10
  • Robbery 13.5 9/10
  • Drugs 11.2 9/10
  • Burglary 9.0 8/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.3 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.3 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

Brace Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Birchills Leamore , and the 38th highest crime rate of 824 local areas in Walsall .

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 Brace Street (WS1 3PS) in the last 12 months was 314.6 per 1,000 residents and was 112.2% higher than the Birchills Leamore average (148.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -73.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 78 (≈ 175.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brace Street (WS1 3PS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Caldmore Green (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Brace Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newhall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corporation Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caldmore Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson White Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Thorpe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Thorpe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hart Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corporation Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Mount Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corporation Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Corporation Street
Sep 2025Other theft Hart Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Small Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Caldmore Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Sister Dora Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Glebe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Clews Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sister Dora Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brace Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sister Dora Gardens Under investigation

Data Sources

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