Total Crime Rate
175.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Treetops Drive area has the 4th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Short Heath , and the 99th 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 Treetops Drive (WV12 4BQ) in the last 12 months was 175.8 per 1,000 residents and was 127.4% higher than the Short Heath average (77.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 115.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 729.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Treetops Drive (WV12 4BQ), the main crime hotspot is near Wayside Gardens. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Short Heath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Binbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Culmore Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heather Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heather Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heather Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heather Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wayside Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Longwood Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heather Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Binbrook Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Binbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Binbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Binbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Binbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Binbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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