Total Crime Rate

45.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 45.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.4 6/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • 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
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Walsall Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Cheslyn Hay Village , and the 167th highest crime rate of 356 local areas in South Staffordshire .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Walsall Road (WS6 6DR) in the last 12 months was 45.3 per 1,000 residents and was 15.6% higher than the Cheslyn Hay Village average (39.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 31.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Walsall Road (WS6 6DR), the main crime hotspot is near Hazel Lane. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Walsall Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lea Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Jones'S Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saxon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lea Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Spring Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meadow Grove —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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