Total Crime Rate

78.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 78.7 7/10
  • Violent crimes 50.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.6 3/10
  • Drugs 5.6 6/10
  • Shoplifting 5.6 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Severn Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 37 local areas in Blakenall , and the 358th highest crime rate of 827 local areas in Walsall .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Severn Road (WS3 1NU) in the last 12 months was 78.7 per 1,000 residents and was 58.7% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 50.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Severn Road (WS3 1NU), the main crime hotspot is near Henley Close. Police recorded 81 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Severn Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Plover Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Avon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Henley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Henley Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Plover Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beresford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Avon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Severn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Henley Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wye Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dee Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dee Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meadowsweet Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Brundard Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wagtail Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Henley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Well Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Henley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Mersey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Henley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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