Total Crime Rate
54.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Webster Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 116 local areas in Birchills Leamore , and the 341st 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 Webster Road (WS2 7AL) in the last 12 months was 54.8 per 1,000 residents and was 63.5% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 83.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 31.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Webster Road (WS2 7AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Norfolk Place, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Camellia Close (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Walsall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Forest Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lavender Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Forest Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kent Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Suffolk Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Norfolk Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Forest Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Forest Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camellia Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Camellia Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Norfolk Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hereford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hereford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hereford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bloxwich Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bloxwich Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilton Close | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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