Postcode · Walsall
Crime in WS4 1LP
How much crime is recorded in WS4 1LP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Rushall
- Council
- Walsall
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,478 (2024)
How safe is WS4 1LP
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 32.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WS4 1LP area, broadly in line with 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
32.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
54
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).
WS4 1LPNational
Violence and sexual offences26.623.6
Anti-social behaviour7.710.7
Vehicle crime5.13.5
Criminal damage and arson4.74.7
Other theft3.24.5
Public order3.04.6
Other crime1.41.5
Shoplifting1.18.4
Burglary1.19.1
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Robbery0.11.4
Drugs0.12.4
Bicycle theft0.01.0
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.