Photo: Richard Law · CC BY-SA 2.0Pheasey stands out for possession of weapons: 2.9 times the rate of a typical town its size
Pheasey’s overall Safety Grade is B (#5 of 35 in West Midlands): close to the middle of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Police recorded 11 cases of possession of weapons locally in the 12 months to August 2026, a rate of 1.2 per 1,000 against a typical 0.4. Recorded violent and sexual offences come to about one a year for every 56 residents.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Pheasey
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 5% more violent crime per resident in Pheasey than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage rose 10% (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
Less crime than most places its size
Of 411 UK towns of 7,000 to 13,000 people, Pheasey has the 75th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Sheringham, Godalming and Ashley, higher than Sprotbrough, Gerrards Cross and Kingsteignton. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Pheasey’s grade
A firm grade. Built on 815 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Pheasey against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Pheasey runs highest on possession of weapons (1.2 per 1,000 against 0.4) and vehicle crime (4.9 per 1,000 against 2). Public order and anti-social behaviour sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 146 | 15.4 | 22.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 47 | 4.9 | 2 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 43 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Other theft | not graded | 23 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 20 | 2.1 | 3.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 17 | 1.8 | 8.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 16 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| Other crime | not graded | 11 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 11 | 1.2 | 0.4 |
| Robbery | Violent | 7 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 5 | 0.5 | 1.8 |
| Drugs | not graded | 5 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 3 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
How Pheasey’s neighbourhoods rank in England
15% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 0% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Pheasey’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
75th of 411: Pheasey among towns its size
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greasby Merseyside | 9,175 | 11.3 | 3.7 | 2.5 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 28 | Balsall Common West Midlands | 7,094 | 13.5 | 10.2 | 10.5 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 72 | Sprotbrough South Yorkshire | 7,546 | 16.2 | 12.4 | 6.8 | B |
| 73 | Gerrards Cross Buckinghamshire | 8,117 | 14.4 | 14.1 | 10.8 | B |
| 74 | Kingsteignton Devon | 11,945 | 20 | 8.6 | 6.8 | B |
| 75 | Pheasey West Midlands | 9,498 | 18 | 10.6 | 2.8 | B |
| 76 | Bourne End Buckinghamshire | 7,166 | 20.6 | 8.1 | 5.6 | B |
| 77 | Winnersh Berkshire | 8,904 | 20.5 | 8.2 | 8.4 | B |
| 78 | Hethersett Norfolk | 7,018 | 22.1 | 6.8 | 6.9 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 244 | Pelsall West Midlands | 10,455 | 25.5 | 17.2 | 10.1 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 308 | Rushall and Shelfield West Midlands | 12,844 | 32.5 | 19.4 | 8.4 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 411 | City of London London | 7,820 | 252.8 | 111.5 | 710 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Pheasey, and others in West Midlands.
Violent crime up 5% in a year, while towns its size held steady
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent +5% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles +10% (towns its size -1%), shoplifting and theft +41% (towns its size +2%), anti-social behaviour -32% (towns its size +0%).
Police name a suspect about as often as across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 73% of Pheasey’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 13% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (78% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 3% of violent and 2% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 293 crimes.
Crime in Pheasey per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 11 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 3 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
No one died in a collision on Pheasey’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 27 collisions with injuries inside Pheasey in five years. 5 people were killed or seriously injured: 1 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Pheasey is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Pheasey’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 8 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Pheasey had 5.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Pheasey’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Pheasey
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pheasey | 9,498 | 18 | 10.6 | B |
| Streetly | 16,790 | 11.2 | 9 | A− |
| Royal Sutton Coldfield | 93,392 | 26.6 | 17.5 | C |
| Walsall | 70,777 | 62.9 | 26.3 | D− |
| Aldridge | 15,827 | 24 | 18.4 | C |
| West Bromwich | 103,099 | 54.4 | 24.7 | D− |
| Wednesbury | 20,321 | 51.6 | 30.8 | D− |
| Rushall and Shelfield | 12,844 | 32.5 | 19.4 | C− |
Pheasey records more graded crime per resident than 1 of its 7 neighbours. Streetly, 1.8 miles away, records 11.2 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Pheasey’s 18.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Pheasey sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Pheasey
Is Pheasey safe?
Police recorded 18 violent and sexual offences and 10.6 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Pheasey’s built-up area). That earns a B for safety: less crime per resident than 59% of UK towns. Among 411 UK towns of 7,000 to 13,000 people, Pheasey is 75th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Pheasey?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 5%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 10%, shoplifting and theft rose 41% and anti-social behaviour fell 32%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Pheasey?
Violence & sexual offences: 146 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came vehicle crime (47) and criminal damage & arson (43), with 17 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Pheasey compare with Birmingham?
Birmingham records 62.8 violent and sexual offences and 28.5 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Pheasey’s 18 and 10.6, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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