Total Crime Rate
502.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
304.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lower Rushall Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 116 local areas in Birchills Leamore , and the 18th highest crime rate of 827 local areas in Walsall .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lower Rushall Street (WS1 2AA) in the last 12 months was 502.7 per 1,000 residents and was 234.9% higher than the Birchills Leamore average (150.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 304.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lower Rushall Street (WS1 2AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 187 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (53 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Walsall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Dog Kennel Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dog Kennel Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ablewell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Matthew'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Matthew'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Matthew'S Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Matthew'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Paddock Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Warewell Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Ditch | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Ditch | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Ditch | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Ditch | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paddock Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paddock Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goodall Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Terret Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Terret Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Forster Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A461 | Under investigation |
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