Total Crime Rate
215.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ogley Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Brownhills , and the 73rd 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 Ogley Road (WS8 6AN) in the last 12 months was 215.3 per 1,000 residents and was 118.6% higher 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 118.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 39.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ogley Road (WS8 6AN), 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.
View Crime In Brownhills| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | First Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | First Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | First Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Third Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | First Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | First Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Third Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cedar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Millfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ogley Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Furst Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Vernon Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Claverdon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Furst Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Furst Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Furst Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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