Crime Rates at Tame Close, Walsall, WS1 4BA

Tame Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Palfrey , and the 159th highest crime rate of 824 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 Tame Close (WS1 4BA) in the last 12 months was 136.0 per 1,000 residents and was 80.6% higher than the Palfrey average (75.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 80.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tame Close (WS1 4BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 107 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Walstead Road West (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.