Postcode · Walsall
Crime in WS9 8RT
How much crime is recorded in WS9 8RT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Aldridge North
- Council
- Walsall
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,119 (2024)
WS9 8RTWalsall
How safe is WS9 8RT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 19.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WS9 8RT 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
25
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).
WS9 8RTNational
Violence and sexual offences12.723.6
Burglary7.09.1
Vehicle crime3.23.5
Public order2.24.6
Other theft1.64.5
Criminal damage and arson1.14.7
Possession of weapons0.90.9
Other crime0.41.5
Anti-social behaviour0.210.7
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 51% 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.