Total Crime Rate
78.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Leamore Lane area has the 38th lowest crime rate of 116 local areas in Birchills Leamore , and the 360th highest crime rate of 827 local areas in Walsall .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Leamore Lane (WS3 2BL) in the last 12 months was 78.5 per 1,000 residents and was 47.7% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 34.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leamore Lane (WS3 2BL), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 74 crimes here, including 27 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 | Other crime | Providence Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stowe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Odell Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Odell Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Odell Crescent | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sherborne Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stowe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | West Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Addenbrooke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Providence Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Providence Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Providence Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bagnall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bagnall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stowe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stowe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Providence Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Providence Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stowe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
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