Total Crime Rate
160.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wrighton Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Willenhall North , and the 110th highest crime rate of 824 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 Wrighton Close (WV12 5DR) in the last 12 months was 160.7 per 1,000 residents and was 136.5% higher than the Willenhall North average (68.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 116.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 86.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 123.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wrighton Close (WV12 5DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 150 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Davis Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Willenhall North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brereton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wrighton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Leacroft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Clarke Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Moxhull Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kestrel Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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