Total Crime Rate

109.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 109.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 59.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.0 6/10
  • Robbery 9.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • 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

Shannon Drive area has the 14th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Brownhills , and the 220th highest crime rate of 824 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 Shannon Drive (WS8 7LA) in the last 12 months was 109.4 per 1,000 residents and was 11.0% higher than the Brownhills average (98.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 37.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 51.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shannon Drive (WS8 7LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shannon Drive, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kennet Close (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Shannon Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tamar Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tamar Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Medway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tamar Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kennet Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tamar Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shannon Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hednesford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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