Total Crime Rate

222.8 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 222.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 62.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 36.3 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 15.5 10/10
  • Public order 10.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Robbery 5.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Leighswood Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Aldridge Central and South , and the 66th 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 Leighswood Road (WS9 8AB) in the last 12 months was 222.8 per 1,000 residents and was 214.6% 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 Shoplifting with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 77.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Leighswood Road (WS9 8AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Anchor Road, where police recorded 152 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Aldridge By-Pass (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Leighswood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Southfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Aldridge By-Pass Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Anchor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anchor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Leighswood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Stonelea Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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