Postcode · Walsall
Crime in WS2 8YA
How much crime is recorded in WS2 8YA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Leamore
- Council
- Walsall
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,662 (2024)
WS2 8YAWalsall
How safe is WS2 8YA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 25.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WS2 8YA area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
25.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
38
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).
WS2 8YANational
Violence and sexual offences16.423.6
Burglary7.29.1
Vehicle crime6.43.5
Shoplifting3.88.4
Criminal damage and arson3.64.7
Anti-social behaviour1.110.7
Other theft1.14.5
Other crime1.01.5
Public order0.84.6
Robbery0.61.4
Theft from the person0.52.1
Drugs0.12.4
Possession of weapons0.10.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 29% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.