Total Crime Rate

157.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 157.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 32.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.6 10/10
  • Other theft 19.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.6 5/10
  • Burglary 9.6 8/10
  • Drugs 9.6 8/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Thickett 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.

Crime Over Time in Thickett Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scarborough Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Horseshoe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Johns Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Johns Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Slaters Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Johns Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Johns Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Kingsley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Kingsley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Scarborough Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Vicarage Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Pleck Road
Sep 2025Robbery Scarborough Close 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 Sadlers Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sadlers Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Sadlers Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scarborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Vicarage Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Johns Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vicarage Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wycliffe Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dora Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodwards Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Merton Way
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Merton Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs A4038 Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Merton Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wycliffe Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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