Total Crime Rate

35.5 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 35.5 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Great Charles Street area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Brownhills , and the 197th lowest crime rate of 824 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 Great Charles Street (WS8 6AL) in the last 12 months was 35.5 per 1,000 residents and was 64.0% lower than the Brownhills average (98.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 233.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 32.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Great Charles Street (WS8 6AL), the main crime hotspot is near Springhill Road. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Great Charles Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Valley View Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Furst Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Furst Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Furst Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Furst Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Valley View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poplar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedar Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime First Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences First Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences First Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft First Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour First Avenue —
Sep 2025Burglary Ogley Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedar Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Cedar Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Vernon Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elderside Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Claverdon Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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