Total Crime Rate
141.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
89.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hill Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Brereton & Ravenhill , and the 46th highest crime rate of 316 local areas in Cannock Chase .
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 Hill Street (WS15 2JB) in the last 12 months was 141.1 per 1,000 residents and was 79.9% higher than the Brereton & Ravenhill average (78.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -11.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 89.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hill Street (WS15 2JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horse Fair | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Curzon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Horse Fair | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Curzon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashleigh Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashleigh Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashleigh Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sarah Challinor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sarah Challinor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sarah Challinor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sarah Challinor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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