Total Crime Rate
75.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Romsley Close area has the 13th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Pelsall , and the 371st 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 Romsley Close (WS4 1AF) in the last 12 months was 75.1 per 1,000 residents and was 21.5% higher than the Pelsall average (61.8 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 Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 58.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 112.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Romsley Close (WS4 1AF), 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 | Vehicle crime | Broad Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broad Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bevan Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Birch Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Schoolgate Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holmbridge Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holmbridge Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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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