Total Crime Rate
144.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
88.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Walker Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Blakenall , and the 137th 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 Walker Road (WS3 1DB) in the last 12 months was 144.7 per 1,000 residents and was 24.0% lower than the Blakenall average (190.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 88.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Walker Road (WS3 1DB), the main crime hotspot is near Oakland Road. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Walsall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newhome Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Well Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harden Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stag Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stag Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warbler Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wagtail Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plover Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plover Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grebe Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grebe Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grebe Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grebe Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadowsweet Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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