Total Crime Rate
84.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cornwall Close area has the 21st highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Aldridge Central and South , and the 321st 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 Cornwall Close (WS9 8JS) in the last 12 months was 84.3 per 1,000 residents and was 22.7% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 36.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cornwall Close (WS9 8JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jessie Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Walsall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Walton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Jessie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jessie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jessie Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brookfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brookfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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