Postcode · Willenhall
Crime in WV12 5SL
How much crime is recorded in WV12 5SL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- New Invention
- Council
- Walsall
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,552 (2024)
WV12 5SLWillenhall
How safe is WV12 5SL
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 18.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WV12 5SL 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
18.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
23
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 5SLNational
Violence and sexual offences12.223.6
Vehicle crime4.83.5
Burglary2.69.1
Criminal damage and arson2.34.7
Public order0.84.6
Other crime0.61.5
Other theft0.64.5
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Anti-social behaviour0.410.7
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 8% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
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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.