Total Crime Rate
185.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
99.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stephenson Avenue area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 116 local areas in Birchills Leamore , and the 89th highest crime rate of 827 local areas in Walsall .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stephenson Avenue (WS2 7EA) in the last 12 months was 185.4 per 1,000 residents and was 23.5% higher than the Birchills Leamore average (150.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 99.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stephenson Avenue (WS2 7EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stephenson Square, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kelvin Road (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Walsall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gurney Place | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelvin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelvin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelvin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stephenson Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stephenson Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stephenson Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stephenson Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gurney Place | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ramsay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelvin Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ramsay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ramsay Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ramsay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ramsay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fleming Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Telford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Telford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Telford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelvin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stephenson Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelvin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gurney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fleming Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Davy Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stephenson Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rutherford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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