Postcode · Walsall
Crime in WS5 4NA
How much crime is recorded in WS5 4NA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- The Delves
- Council
- Walsall
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,980 (2024)
How safe is WS5 4NA
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 33.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WS5 4NA 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
33.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
87
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
WS5 4NANational
Shoplifting42.28.4
Violence and sexual offences24.423.6
Burglary9.29.1
Criminal damage and arson3.64.7
Vehicle crime3.63.5
Public order3.14.6
Other theft2.24.5
Robbery2.01.4
Possession of weapons1.80.9
Other crime1.11.5
Anti-social behaviour0.710.7
Drugs0.52.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 10% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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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.