Crime Rates at Nursery Road, Walsall, WS3 2DS

Nursery Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Bloxwich East , and the 17th highest crime rate of 824 local areas in Walsall .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Nursery Road (WS3 2DS) in the last 12 months was 598.4 per 1,000 residents and was 445.0% higher than the Bloxwich East average (109.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 77 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -41.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 111 (≈ 295.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 57.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nursery Road (WS3 2DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 261 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elmore Green Close (84 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.