Crime Rates at Priestley Road, Walsall, WS2 7JB

Priestley Road area has the 47th lowest crime rate of 116 local areas in Birchills Leamore , and the 329th highest crime rate of 827 local areas in Walsall .

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 Priestley Road (WS2 7JB) in the last 12 months was 83.1 per 1,000 residents and was 44.6% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 37.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priestley Road (WS2 7JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stephenson Square, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kelvin Road (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.