Postcode · Walsall
Crime in WS4 1TA
How much crime is recorded in WS4 1TA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Shelfield
- Council
- Walsall
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,293 (2024)
WS4 1TAWalsall
How safe is WS4 1TA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WS4 1TA area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
20.6
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).
WS4 1TANational
Violence and sexual offences14.423.6
Shoplifting8.38.4
Burglary4.89.1
Criminal damage and arson3.84.7
Vehicle crime3.43.5
Public order1.54.6
Other theft1.34.5
Drugs1.22.4
Anti-social behaviour1.110.7
Robbery0.71.4
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Other crime0.01.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 47% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
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40
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.