Crime Statistics for Brownhills, Walsall, Walsall, 2024

There were a total of 111 street level crime incidents in Brownhills in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Brownhills, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	35
Shoplifting	27
Anti Social Behaviour	13
Criminal Damage Arson	11
Vehicle Crime	5
Other Theft	4
Possession Of Weapons	4
Public Order	3
Other Crime	3
Robbery	2
Burglary	2
Drugs	2
All Crime	111

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Brownhills. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Brownhills

We've taken the ten nearest places to Brownhills and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Brownhills has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Pelsall (1.75 miles)	140
Catshill (0.62 miles)	130
Shire Oak (0.88 miles)	113
Brownhills	111
Walsall Wood (1.24 miles)	100
Springhill (1.24 miles)	89
Holly Bank (1.39 miles)	87
Rushall Canal (1.12 miles)	85
Highbridge (1.39 miles)	53
Hammerwich (1.75 miles)	33

Where are the most violent places near Brownhills?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Brownhills and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Pelsall	52
Shire Oak	46
Catshill	40
Holly Bank	37
Brownhills	35
Walsall Wood	33
Rushall Canal	33
Springhill	25
Highbridge	24
Hammerwich	16

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Brownhills?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Brownhills to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Brownhills compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Brownhills and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Brownhills is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bloxwich East	74
2	Chasetown	55
3	Norton Canes	49
4	Rushall-Shelfield	47
5	Brownhills	46
6	Pelsall	45
7	Great Wyrley Landywood	39
8	Aldridge North and Walsall Wood	37
9	Boney Hay & Central	29
10	Chase Terrace	24
11	Summerfield & All Saints	22

Which road in Brownhills has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Brownhills with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.