Total Crime Rate

161.6 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 161.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.2 9/10
  • Other theft 14.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.0 5/10
  • Burglary 7.2 7/10
  • Drugs 7.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.2 6/10
  • Public order 5.4 5/10
  • Robbery 5.4 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.8 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.8 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Hospital Street area has the 30th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Birchills Leamore , and the 109th 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 Hospital Street (WS2 8JP) in the last 12 months was 161.6 per 1,000 residents and was 9.0% 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 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 96.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hospital Street (WS2 8JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near B4210, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wiltshire Close (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hospital Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tannery Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Short Acre Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Penkridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penkridge Street
Sep 2025Robbery Penkridge Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penkridge Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mary Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Bloxwich Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mary Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Lane Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tannery Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wiltshire Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wiltshire Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wiltshire Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Tannery Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary B4210 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson B4210 Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft B4210 Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery B4210 Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person B4210 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4210 Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4210 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Tannery Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leckie Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlow Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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