Total Crime Rate
86.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brownhills Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Aldridge North and Walsall Wood , and the 316th highest crime rate of 827 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 Brownhills Road (WS8 7BS) in the last 12 months was 86.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.9% higher than the Aldridge North and Walsall Wood average (77.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 42.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 141.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brownhills Road (WS8 7BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bradbury Close (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Walsall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brook Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradbury Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Common Side | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkwood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Langley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peake Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bradbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brownhills Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brownhills Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bradbury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | A461 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peake Road | Under investigation |
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