Total Crime Rate
109.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
86.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Quantock Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Aldridge North and Walsall Wood , and the 228th 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 Quantock Close (WS8 7EY) in the last 12 months was 109.2 per 1,000 residents and was 40.1% higher than the Aldridge North and Walsall Wood average (77.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 86.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 392.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Quantock Close (WS8 7EY), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 75 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Walsall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peake Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brook Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wolverson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brownhills Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brownhills Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Friezland Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Langley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkwood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | A461 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Friezland Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marklew Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Friezland Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Friezland Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Friezland Lane | Under investigation |
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