Total Crime Rate
65.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wednesbury Road area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 116 local areas in Birchills Leamore , and the 401st lowest crime rate of 827 local areas in Walsall .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wednesbury Road (WS1 3RR) in the last 12 months was 65.4 per 1,000 residents and was 56.5% lower 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 40.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wednesbury Road (WS1 3RR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nightclub, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sister Dora Gardens (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Walsall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | White Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sister Dora Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sister Dora Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sister Dora Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Corporation Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Equestrian Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Equestrian Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Equestrian Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Equestrian Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | White Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Victor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sister Dora Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sister Dora Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Vicarage Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sister Dora Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dairy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dairy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dairy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Glebe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brace Street | Under investigation |
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