Total Crime Rate

561.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

243.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 561.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 243.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 146.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 58.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.7 10/10
  • Public order 53.7 10/10
  • Drugs 48.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 48.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 43.9 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 29.3 10/10
  • Other theft 24.4 10/10
  • Burglary 14.6 9/10
  • Robbery 14.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.8 9/10
  • Other crime 9.8 9/10
  • Theft from the person 4.9 7/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Terret Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Rushall-Shelfield , and the 16th highest crime rate of 827 local areas in Walsall .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Terret Close (WS1 1EG) in the last 12 months was 561.0 per 1,000 residents and was 730.3% higher than the Rushall-Shelfield average (67.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -31.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 243.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Terret Close (WS1 1EG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 187 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Darwall Street (83 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Terret Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Littleton Street East Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft A461 Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Teddesley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Forster Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Forster Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Forster Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Forster Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Terret Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Terret Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Hatherton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Upper Forster Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Littleton Street West Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Littleton Street West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Littleton Street West Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Littleton Street West Local resolution
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Littleton Street West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Darwall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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