Total Crime Rate

126.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 126.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 12.3 10/10
  • Public order 9.2 7/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.2 5/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Walsall Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Cannock Longford & Bridgtown , and the 52nd highest crime rate of 318 local areas in Cannock Chase .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Walsall Road (WS11 0HP) in the last 12 months was 126.2 per 1,000 residents and was 27.6% lower than the Cannock Longford & Bridgtown average (174.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 92.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Walsall Road (WS11 0HP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fairmount Drive, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carfax (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Walsall Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harrison Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Keble Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Ridings
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hallcourt Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carfax Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cannock Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hallcourt Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harrison Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fairmount Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fairmount Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carfax Under investigation

Data Sources

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