Postcode · Walsall
Crime in WS5 3QA
How much crime is recorded in WS5 3QA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Walsall South East
- Council
- Walsall
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,125 (2024)
WS5 3QAWalsall
How safe is WS5 3QA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 19.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WS5 3QA 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
19.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
30
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 3QANational
Burglary12.39.1
Violence and sexual offences10.023.6
Vehicle crime5.63.5
Public order3.04.6
Criminal damage and arson2.14.7
Other theft1.84.5
Shoplifting1.38.4
Other crime1.11.5
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Theft from the person0.72.1
Anti-social behaviour0.410.7
Drugs0.32.4
Robbery0.11.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 40% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.