Total Crime Rate
157.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Thickett Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Pleck , and the 118th 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 Thickett Close (WS2 9RG) in the last 12 months was 157.1 per 1,000 residents and was 31.0% higher 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 -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -70.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 51.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -59.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thickett Close (WS2 9RG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sadlers Court, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vicarage Terrace (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scarborough Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Horseshoe Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Johns Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Johns Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Slaters Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Johns Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Johns Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kingsley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Kingsley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Scarborough Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Vicarage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Pleck Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Scarborough Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dawley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sadlers Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sadlers Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sadlers Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scarborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Vicarage Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Johns Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wycliffe Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dora Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodwards Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Merton Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Merton Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | A4038 | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Merton Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wycliffe Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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