Postcode · Wednesbury
Crime in WS10 9UB
How much crime is recorded in WS10 9UB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Wood Green & Old Park
- Council
- Sandwell
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,837 (2024)
WS10 9UBWednesbury
How safe is WS10 9UB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 35.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WS10 9UB area, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
35.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
67
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
WS10 9UBNational
Violence and sexual offences25.823.6
Burglary13.79.1
Shoplifting12.98.4
Vehicle crime6.13.5
Criminal damage and arson5.64.7
Public order3.84.6
Other theft3.14.5
Anti-social behaviour2.310.7
Drugs1.92.4
Other crime1.71.5
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Robbery0.31.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 18% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
80
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.