Total Crime Rate

231.6 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 231.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 110.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 28.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.1 6/10
  • Burglary 14.1 9/10
  • Other crime 8.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.7 4/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Vigo Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Aldridge North and Walsall Wood , and the 58th 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 Vigo Road (WS9 9LA) in the last 12 months was 231.6 per 1,000 residents and was 181.4% higher than the Aldridge North and Walsall Wood average (82.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 50.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 295.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vigo Road (WS9 9LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leasowe Road, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fort Crescent (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Aldridge North and Walsall Wood

Crime Over Time in Vigo Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime B4152 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Leasowe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Wood Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Leasowe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fort Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fort Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fort Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Sunnyside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Leasowe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laburnum Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coronation Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Coronation Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Laburnum Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4152 Under investigation
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Data Sources

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