Total Crime Rate

72.2 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

31.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 72.2 6/10
  • Violent crimes 31.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.1 8/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other theft 3.7 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.9 1/10
  • Other crime 1.9 1/10
  • Public order 1.9 1/10
  • Robbery 1.9 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

Wednesbury Road 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 Wednesbury Road (WS1 4JL) 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 Wednesbury Road (WS1 4JL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Graphic Close, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dairy Close (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wednesbury Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/37)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Earl Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dairy Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Graphic Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Graphic Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Graphic Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Equestrian Grove Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences South Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Equestrian Grove Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dairy Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Corporation Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Truda Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Petrol Station Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Victor Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Graphic Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Corporation Street West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Graphic Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Equestrian Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Cornmill Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Conference/Exhibition Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Dairy Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Graphic Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bescot Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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