Safest towns in West Midlands

Towns in West Midlands ranked from the lowest recorded crime rate, the 12 months to August 2026. Bayston Hill ranks first with 30.5 per 1,000 residents and Walsall ranks 114th with 140.2, against 96.7 for England and Wales.

Ranked by crime per 1,000 residents over the 12 months to August 2026. The England and Wales rate was 96.7; the index column compares each area with it (1.00 = national rate). How rates are worked out: methodology.

Rank	Area	In	Crimes	Per 1,000	Index
1	Bayston Hill	Shropshire	157	30.5	0.32
2	Hagley	Bromsgrove	236	31.1	0.32
3	Streetly	Walsall	493	31.8	0.33
4	Albrighton	Shropshire	296	35.5	0.37
5	Knowle and Dorridge	Solihull	746	38.1	0.39
6	Whitnash	Warwick	289	38.1	0.39
7	Pheasey	Walsall	391	39.1	0.40
8	Hollywood	Bromsgrove	239	39.5	0.41
9	Fernhill Heath	Wychavon	211	41.7	0.43
10	Balsall Common	Solihull	352	42.5	0.44
11	Wellesbourne	Stratford-on-Avon	329	44.2	0.46
12	Handsacre and Armitage	Lichfield	241	46.0	0.48
13	Southam (Stratford-on-Avon)	Stratford-on-Avon	446	48.3	0.50
14	Long Lawford	Rugby	250	48.7	0.50
15	Wombourne	South Staffordshire	608	49.7	0.51
16	Barnt Green	Bromsgrove	253	50.0	0.52
17	Cawston (Rugby)	Rugby	342	50.0	0.52
18	Kenilworth	Warwick	1,155	51.8	0.54
19	Kempsey	Malvern Hills	297	53.5	0.55
20	Broseley	Shropshire	324	53.6	0.55
21	Codsall	South Staffordshire	718	53.6	0.55
22	Newport (Telford and Wrekin)	Telford and Wrekin	735	53.9	0.56
23	Bidford-on-Avon	Stratford-on-Avon	409	54.1	0.56
24	Kingswinford	Dudley	2,844	54.3	0.56
25	Perton	South Staffordshire	452	54.5	0.56
26	Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay	South Staffordshire	896	54.9	0.57
27	Catshill	Bromsgrove	581	55.0	0.57
28	Ledbury	Herefordshire, County of	548	55.7	0.58
29	Featherstone (South Staffordshire)	South Staffordshire	369	57.6	0.60
30	Ellesmere	Shropshire	295	57.9	0.60
31	Shifnal	Shropshire	563	58.0	0.60
32	Shipston-on-Stour	Stratford-on-Avon	380	58.5	0.61
33	Halesowen	Dudley	3,647	59.9	0.62
34	Bewdley	Wyre Forest	680	60.6	0.63
35	Werrington	Staffordshire Moorlands	398	62.2	0.64
36	Aldridge	Walsall	975	62.2	0.64
37	Stourport-on-Severn	Wyre Forest	1,190	62.5	0.65
38	Burntwood	Lichfield	1,907	64.3	0.66
39	Uttoxeter	East Staffordshire	941	64.5	0.67
40	Studley	Stratford-on-Avon	413	65.1	0.67
41	Bromsgrove	Bromsgrove	2,303	67.2	0.70
42	Bulkington	Nuneaton and Bedworth	430	67.4	0.70
43	Market Drayton	Shropshire	872	68.0	0.70
44	Sedgley	Dudley	2,238	68.7	0.71
45	Pelsall	Walsall	658	68.8	0.71
46	Polesworth and Dordon	North Warwickshire	612	69.1	0.72
47	Whitchurch (Shropshire)	Shropshire	707	69.3	0.72
48	Stourbridge	Dudley	4,120	70.0	0.72
49	Wem	Shropshire	444	70.2	0.73
50	Stone (Stafford)	Stafford	1,282	70.5	0.73
51	Great Malvern	Malvern Hills	2,477	71.8	0.74
52	Royal Sutton Coldfield	Birmingham	6,595	72.2	0.75
53	Ross-on-Wye	Herefordshire, County of	833	73.3	0.76
54	Cubbington	Warwick	377	73.8	0.76
55	Rushall and Shelfield	Walsall	832	74.6	0.77
56	Bridgnorth	Shropshire	875	74.9	0.77
57	Norton Canes	Cannock Chase	707	75.2	0.78
58	Blythe Bridge and Forsbrook	Staffordshire Moorlands	524	75.9	0.79
59	Droitwich Spa	Wychavon	1,859	76.0	0.79
60	Coseley	Dudley	1,975	76.9	0.80
61	Tamworth	Tamworth	6,072	77.3	0.80
62	Biddulph	Staffordshire Moorlands	1,291	78.5	0.81
63	Rugby	Rugby	6,713	79.0	0.82
64	Ludlow	Shropshire	880	79.1	0.82
65	Penkridge	South Staffordshire	793	80.3	0.83
66	Solihull	Solihull	8,679	80.3	0.83
67	Rowley Regis	Sandwell	3,136	81.7	0.85
68	Shrewsbury	Shropshire	6,458	82.1	0.85
69	Cannock	Cannock Chase	5,179	82.1	0.85
70	Oswestry	Shropshire	1,495	82.3	0.85
71	Cheadle (Staffordshire Moorlands)	Staffordshire Moorlands	1,043	83.8	0.87
72	Rugeley	Cannock Chase	2,368	87.3	0.90
73	Coleshill (North Warwickshire)	North Warwickshire	636	88.3	0.91
74	Kidsgrove	Newcastle-under-Lyme	1,422	91.3	0.94
75	Lichfield	Lichfield	3,164	91.8	0.95
76	Leek	Staffordshire Moorlands	1,719	92.5	0.96
77	Pershore	Wychavon	816	92.6	0.96
78	Evesham	Wychavon	2,699	92.8	0.96
79	Redditch	Redditch	7,030	93.0	0.96
80	Hereford	Herefordshire, County of	5,673	93.3	0.96
81	Cradley Heath	Sandwell	1,799	94.1	0.97
82	Alcester	Stratford-on-Avon	590	94.8	0.98
83	Telford	Telford and Wrekin	15,813	95.4	0.99
84	Oldbury (Sandwell)	Sandwell	4,491	95.5	0.99
85	Leominster	Herefordshire, County of	1,150	95.7	0.99
86	Wolverhampton	Wolverhampton	24,022	96.1	0.99
87	Coventry	Coventry	35,574	97.9	1.01
88	Tipton	Sandwell	4,617	98.7	1.02
89	Burton upon Trent	East Staffordshire	7,511	99.3	1.03
90	Kidderminster	Wyre Forest	5,648	100.1	1.04
91	Atherstone	North Warwickshire	914	100.2	1.04
92	Warwick	Warwick	3,934	101.0	1.04
93	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Newcastle-under-Lyme	8,182	103.1	1.07
94	Darlaston	Walsall	2,166	104.4	1.08
95	Stafford	Stafford	8,015	104.5	1.08
96	Willenhall	Walsall	5,492	105.6	1.09
97	Brownhills	Walsall	2,235	107.0	1.11
98	Royal Leamington Spa	Warwick	5,358	107.1	1.11
99	West Bromwich	Sandwell	11,594	107.9	1.12
100	Smethwick	Sandwell	6,591	109.4	1.13
101	Bloxwich	Walsall	6,029	110.6	1.14
102	Nuneaton	Nuneaton and Bedworth	10,643	111.9	1.16
103	Stratford-upon-Avon	Stratford-on-Avon	3,246	112.9	1.17
104	Worcester	Worcester	11,934	114.4	1.18
105	Dudley (Dudley)	Dudley	7,248	114.7	1.19
106	Bedworth	Nuneaton and Bedworth	3,457	115.6	1.20
107	Fazeley	Lichfield	892	116.2	1.20
108	Brierley Hill	Dudley	3,658	116.2	1.20
109	Bilston (Wolverhampton)	Wolverhampton	4,386	119.0	1.23
110	Wednesbury	Sandwell	2,565	123.7	1.28
111	Birmingham	Birmingham	147,772	128.4	1.33
112	Blackheath	Sandwell	1,208	134.4	1.39
113	Stoke-on-Trent	Stoke-on-Trent	37,543	139.7	1.45
114	Walsall	Walsall	10,536	140.2	1.45

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