Total Crime Rate

127.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 127.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.0 7/10
  • Burglary 17.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.8 9/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Hillwood area has the 8th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Pelsall , and the 177th 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 Hillwood (WS3 4JX) in the last 12 months was 127.7 per 1,000 residents and was 99.5% higher than the Pelsall average (64.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 55.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hillwood (WS3 4JX), the main crime hotspot is near Grove Crescent. Police recorded 7 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hillwood area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pasture View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Goscote Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Tor Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hallbridge Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hill Wood Local resolution
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Data Sources

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