Total Crime Rate

108.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 108.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.4 8/10
  • Public order 15.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.9 6/10
  • Other theft 7.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.7 7/10
  • Burglary 5.1 6/10
  • Drugs 2.6 1/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Talke Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Palfrey , and the 225th highest crime rate of 824 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 Talke Road (WS5 4PH) in the last 12 months was 108.0 per 1,000 residents and was 43.3% higher than the Palfrey average (75.3 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 Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 51.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 39.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Talke Road (WS5 4PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brockhurst Place, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Middleton Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Talke Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Stirrup Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Segundo Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pattison Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pattison Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cranfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cranfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Middleton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Talke Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brockhurst Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Martingale Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sarah Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Segundo Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brockhurst Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brockhurst Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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