Total Crime Rate
72.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Corporation Street West area has the 17th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Palfrey , and the 385th highest crime rate of 827 local areas in Walsall .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Corporation Street West (WS1 3QS) in the last 12 months was 72.2 per 1,000 residents and was 9.7% lower than the Palfrey average (80.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 31.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Corporation Street West (WS1 3QS), the main crime hotspot is near Sister Dora Gardens. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Walsall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dairy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Equestrian Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Graphic Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Graphic Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Graphic Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sister Dora Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earl Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Corporation Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Equestrian Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dairy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Equestrian Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Equestrian Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Graphic Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Graphic Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Graphic Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sister Dora Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sister Dora Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sister Dora Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sister Dora Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wednesbury Road | Under investigation |
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