Crime Rates at Pleasant Mead, Walsall, WS9 0EP

Pleasant Mead area has the 20th highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Aldridge Central and South , and the 311th highest crime rate of 827 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 Pleasant Mead (WS9 0EP) in the last 12 months was 88.2 per 1,000 residents and was 28.3% higher than the Aldridge Central and South average (68.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 45.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pleasant Mead (WS9 0EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Ridge, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westbrook Avenue (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.