Total Crime Rate
92.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alumwell Road area has the 53rd lowest crime rate of 116 local areas in Birchills Leamore , and the 291st highest crime rate of 827 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 Alumwell Road (WS2 9XF) in the last 12 months was 92.1 per 1,000 residents and was 38.6% lower 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 47.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alumwell Road (WS2 9XF), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 271 crimes here, including 199 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Walsall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alumwell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alumwell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alumwell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alumwell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alumwell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bassett Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alumwell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drayton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Drayton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alumwell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alumwell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alumwell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wolverhampton Road | Under investigation |
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