Total Crime Rate

749.3 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 749.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 484.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.2 9/10
  • Burglary 36.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.2 8/10
  • Public order 28.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.4 10/10
  • Other theft 22.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.7 9/10
  • Drugs 11.3 9/10
  • Other crime 5.6 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.6 8/10
  • Robbery 5.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Reedswood Retail Park area has the 5th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Birchills Leamore , and the 10th 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 Reedswood Retail Park (WS2 8XD) in the last 12 months was 749.3 per 1,000 residents and was 405.4% 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 172 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 1200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 112.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 1058.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Reedswood Retail Park (WS2 8XD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 213 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Innovation Way (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Reedswood Retail Park area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Prospect Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Innovation Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Reedswood Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Reedswood Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Reedswood Park Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Reedswood Park Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Reedswood Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Reedswood Park Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Reedswood Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Innovation Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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