Postcode · Willenhall
Crime in WV12 4DB
How much crime is recorded in WV12 4DB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Short Heath West
- Council
- Walsall
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,236 (2024)
WV12 4DBWillenhall
How safe is WV12 4DB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WV12 4DB 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
20.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
29
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).
WV12 4DBNational
Violence and sexual offences11.623.6
Burglary9.59.1
Vehicle crime5.83.5
Criminal damage and arson3.04.7
Other theft2.44.5
Anti-social behaviour1.810.7
Public order0.84.6
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Other crime0.41.5
Robbery0.41.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 30% 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.