Total Crime Rate
115.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Springhill Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Brownhills , and the 208th highest crime rate of 827 local areas in Walsall .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Springhill Road (WS8 6BU) in the last 12 months was 115.9 per 1,000 residents and was 16.0% higher than the Brownhills average (100.0 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -47.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 47.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Springhill Road (WS8 6BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hodgkins Close, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sadler Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brownhills| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Valley View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hodgkins Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sadler Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sadler Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sadler Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sadler Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Catshill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Valley View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Valley View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hodgkins Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hodgkins Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Catshill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cedar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fullelove Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Avenue | Under investigation |
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