Total Crime Rate

623.2 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 623.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 419.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.8 9/10
  • Other theft 26.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.0 10/10
  • Drugs 14.2 9/10
  • Robbery 14.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.9 8/10
  • Burglary 9.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.1 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.1 9/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.4 2/10
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

Miner Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Birchills Leamore , and the 13th highest crime rate of 824 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 Miner Street (WS2 8QL) in the last 12 months was 623.2 per 1,000 residents and was 320.4% higher than the Birchills Leamore average (148.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 177 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 80.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Miner Street (WS2 8QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 213 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Miner Street (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Miner Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Birchills Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Birchills Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Reedswood Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Reedswood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reedswood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Old Birchills Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Green Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Green Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cairns Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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