Total Crime Rate

206.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 206.2 9/10
  • Other theft 116.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 55.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.8 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Beacon Hill area has the 5th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Aldridge Central and South , and the 78th 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 Beacon Hill (WS9 0RJ) in the last 12 months was 206.2 per 1,000 residents and was 191.1% higher than the Aldridge Central and South average (70.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 750.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 24.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 250.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beacon Hill (WS9 0RJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beacon Road, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beacon Hill (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Beacon Hill area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Sutton Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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