Total Crime Rate

263.8 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 263.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 127.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.1 8/10
  • Other theft 19.5 9/10
  • Burglary 16.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.0 8/10
  • Drugs 13.0 9/10
  • Public order 13.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.0 9/10
  • Other crime 9.8 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Victoria Mews area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Rushall-Shelfield , and the 47th 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 Victoria Mews (WS4 2DZ) in the last 12 months was 263.8 per 1,000 residents and was 297.1% higher than the Rushall-Shelfield average (66.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 146.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Victoria Mews (WS4 2DZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Arboretum Road, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hawley Close (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Victoria Mews area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arboretum Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arboretum Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hawley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Victoria Mews
Sep 2025Public order Lichfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lichfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lichfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arboretum Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Westbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Westbourne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westbourne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westbourne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Campbell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Borneo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Butts Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Butts Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Butts Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Leigh Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Calderfields Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arboretum Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Campbell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawley Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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