Total Crime Rate

111.6 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 111.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.3 8/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Public order 2.1 1/10
  • Robbery 2.1 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.1 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.1 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Rochford Close area has the 9th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Pleck , and the 213th highest crime rate of 824 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 Rochford Close (WS2 9JW) in the last 12 months was 111.6 per 1,000 residents and was 6.9% lower than the Pleck average (119.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 33.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rochford Close (WS2 9JW), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 120 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Rochford Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Horseshoe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wallows Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wycliffe Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wycliffe Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Merton Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caledon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Merton Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Merton Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Brunswick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Brunswick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brunswick Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brunswick Street
Sep 2025Drugs Rochford Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillary Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Merton Way
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Pleck Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dawley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dawley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Slaters Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caledon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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