Total Crime Rate

1515.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

288.3 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 1515.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 914.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 288.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 202.5 10/10
  • Other theft 73.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 67.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 61.4 10/10
  • Public order 36.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.7 9/10
  • Drugs 24.5 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 24.5 10/10
  • Robbery 24.5 10/10
  • Burglary 18.4 10/10
  • Other crime 18.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 6.1 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

Lower Forster Street area has the highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Rushall-Shelfield , and the 2nd 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 Lower Forster Street (WS1 1XB) in the last 12 months was 1515.3 per 1,000 residents and was 2143.0% higher than the Rushall-Shelfield average (67.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 149 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -26.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 288.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Forster Street (WS1 1XB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 518 crimes here, including 110 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Forster Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/96)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Warewell Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Hatherton Street Under investigation
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 2026Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson St Pauls Bus Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Pauls Bus Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Goodall Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Terret Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Upper Forster Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Teddesley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Balls Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Balls Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
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 Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
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Data Sources

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