Crime in WS12 5

The WS12 5 postcode sector, in the WS (Walsall) postcode area, with most records published by Staffordshire Police.

Updated October 2026.

Police published 402 street-crime records for WS12 5 from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 31.4% more than in the 12 months before. Police locations are approximate.

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Last 12 published months

September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.

Street-crime records

402

Share of WS12

15.5%

Year-on-year

+31.4%

WS12 5 holds 15.5% of the 2,591 records assigned to WS12 in the same window.

Month-by-month totals

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Month	Street-crime records
September 2025	34
October 2025	20
November 2025	29
December 2025	26
January 2026	31
February 2026	28
March 2026	34
April 2026	39
May 2026	48
June 2026	37
July 2026	36
August 2026	40

Street-crime records per 1,000 residents

No Census 2021 residents are recorded for these postcodes, so no rate is shown.

Rates cover England and Wales only. Residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 postcode estimates, Open Government Licence v3.0. How rates are built.

Category mix compared

Each column is a share of that area's own records in the same window, so areas of different sizes compare fairly. Force: Staffordshire Police.

Category	WS12 5	WS12	Force
Violence and sexual offences	43.5%	48.7%	40.6%
Anti-social behaviour	23.6%	17.3%	16.0%
Public order	6.5%	7.4%	8.3%
Criminal damage and arson	6.0%	6.3%	7.0%
Vehicle crime	4.5%	3.9%	4.1%
Other theft	4.0%	4.4%	5.8%
Shoplifting	3.7%	3.9%	6.3%
Other crime	3.0%	2.0%	2.2%

Year by year

Calendar-year totals for WS12 5 (December 2013 to August 2026).

Year	Street-crime records
2021	287
2022	402
2023	295
2024	263
2025	327
2026 (part year)	293

Limits to keep in mind

Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to a sector by its nearest postcode. A sector is small, so counts near its edges are indicative.
These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
Full detail is on the methodology page and in what a postcode district crime page shows, which covers sectors too.

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CrimeMapsUK. WS12 5 postcode sector: published street-crime records, September 2025 to August 2026. Source: data.police.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Retrieved 30 October 2026. Police locations are approximate; records are assigned to the area by nearest postcode. Postcode centroids from the ONS Postcode Directory. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. https://crimemapsuk.com/crime/sectors/ws12-5/

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