Crime Rates at High Street, Brownhills, Walsall, WS8 6HE

High Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Brownhills , and the 219th highest crime rate of 824 local areas in Walsall .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (WS8 6HE) in the last 12 months was 109.4 per 1,000 residents and was 11.1% 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 Other theft with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 70.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 63.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (WS8 6HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Street, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lindon Drive (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.