Total Crime Rate
168.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bevan Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Pelsall , and the 105th highest crime rate of 827 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 Bevan Close (WS4 1AB) in the last 12 months was 168.1 per 1,000 residents and was 172.1% higher than the Pelsall average (61.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 69.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bevan Close (WS4 1AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Broad Way (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Walsall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Schoolgate Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Birch Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Schoolgate Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broad Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wilsford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bevan Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Broad Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Romsley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Romsley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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