Total Crime Rate

117.5 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 117.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.6 8/10
  • Other theft 20.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.4 6/10
  • Burglary 13.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Other crime 10.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Bosty Lane area has the 9th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Aldridge Central and South , and the 196th 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 Bosty Lane (WS9 8EU) in the last 12 months was 117.5 per 1,000 residents and was 65.8% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , down -71.4% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 43.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bosty Lane (WS9 8EU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Daw End, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bosty Lane area

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Data Sources

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