Crime Rates at Salters Meadow, Cheslyn Hay, Walsall, WS6 7FE

Salters Meadow area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Cheslyn Hay Village , and the 163rd lowest crime rate of 355 local areas in South Staffordshire .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Salters Meadow (WS6 7FE) in the last 12 months was 41.4 per 1,000 residents and was 6.7% higher than the Cheslyn Hay Village average (38.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 26.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Salters Meadow (WS6 7FE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park Street (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.