Total Crime Rate

158.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 158.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.1 7/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Other crime 6.1 7/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.1 8/10
  • Drugs 3.0 3/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Hawbush Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Birchills Leamore , and the 114th 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 Hawbush Road (WS3 1AE) in the last 12 months was 158.1 per 1,000 residents and was 6.6% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 88.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hawbush Road (WS3 1AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oakland Road, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wilton Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hawbush Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Camellia Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oakwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dartmouth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Dartmouth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Jubilee Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oakland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Archer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Archer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Archer Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oakland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oakland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lavender Grove Under investigation
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Data Sources

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