Crime Rate in St Matthew's, ward

St Matthew's has the 2nd highest crime rate of 20 wards in Walsall district and the 525th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 31st highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Matthew's in the last 12 months was 162.4 per 1,000 residents and was 56.5% higher than the Walsall district average (103.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Matthew's’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,084 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 16 cases , down -5.9% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 29.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -40.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,353 (≈ 75.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Matthew's ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 570 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (162 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.