Total Crime Rate
103.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oxford Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Pleck , and the 247th highest crime rate of 827 local areas in Walsall .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oxford Street (WS2 9HY) in the last 12 months was 103.2 per 1,000 residents and was 9.2% lower than the Pleck average (113.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 48.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oxford Street (WS2 9HY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vicarage Terrace (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Walsall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sadlers Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sadlers Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sadlers Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vicarage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Vicarage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vicarage Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Pleck Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Regal Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Horseshoe Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horseshoe Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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