Postcode · Walsall
Crime in WS5 4PT
How much crime is recorded in WS5 4PT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- The Delves
- Council
- Walsall
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,632 (2024)
WS5 4PTWalsall
How safe is WS5 4PT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 17.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WS5 4PT area, well below 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
17.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
27
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 4PTNational
Violence and sexual offences13.523.6
Burglary4.79.1
Criminal damage and arson4.34.7
Vehicle crime2.63.5
Other theft1.34.5
Anti-social behaviour1.010.7
Drugs0.92.4
Other crime0.91.5
Shoplifting0.58.4
Public order0.24.6
Possession of weapons0.20.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 42% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.