Postcode · Walsall
Crime in WS5 3LA
How much crime is recorded in WS5 3LA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Walsall South East
- Council
- Walsall
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,564 (2024)
WS5 3LAWalsall
How safe is WS5 3LA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WS5 3LA area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
15.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
19
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).
WS5 3LANational
Violence and sexual offences9.023.6
Vehicle crime4.93.5
Burglary2.39.1
Other theft1.04.5
Drugs0.92.4
Other crime0.91.5
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Anti-social behaviour0.510.7
Public order0.44.6
Criminal damage and arson0.34.7
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 26% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.