Launch of public consultation over crime and safety issues in Walsall
Walsall residents have five weeks to air their views on community safety and crime within the borough.
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The consultation exercise is is for those who live, work or study in the borough and was launched on February 17.
Responses to the survey will shape the future strategy of the Safer Walsall Partnership including West Midlands Police, Walsall council, the NHS, the probation service and social housing landlords such as Walsall Housing Group.
Questions include how safe people feel in the area at day and at night, whether they have been personally affected by crime and any suggested measures to help reduce it.
According to police data cross the borough there was a 32 per cent increase in reports of anti-social behaviour, 30 per cent increase in drug related reports and 73 per cent increase in shoplifting from 2023 to 2024.
For violence and sexual offences in the borough, which come under the same crime category, there were just over 13,000 reports in 2023, and just over 12,000 in 2024.
Chief Superintendent Phil Dolby, chair of Safer Walsall Partnership, said: “Working closely alongside our partners, we have been concentrating on our local priorities to make our communities safer.
“However, this survey is important as we need people across the Walsall borough to tell us what matters to them.”
Leader of Walsall Council, Councillor Garry Perry said, “We know that being safe, and feeling safe, is the highest priority for people in Walsall.
“The Safer Walsall Partnership has worked, is working, and will continue to work on addressing root causes of crime and disorder in the borough, to ensure people and our communities feel strong and resilient.
“The survey is thorough and gives people a real opportunity to tell us what they are concerned about, any particular hotspots in Walsall that are causing them worry, and what they think can be done to create a safer borough now and in the future.”
Deadline for responses is March 23.
To participate visit website go.walsall.gov.uk/your-council/consultations/current-and-past-consultations/community-safety-survey-2025
