Ashmore
Middle areaWest Walsall. 6,096 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 52% of people in Ashmore live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Ashmore
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ashmore at a rate of 55.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 103.7 per 1,000 people across Walsall.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 145 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 46 |
| Other crime | 46 |
| Vehicle crime | 42 |
| Burglary | 16 |
| Shoplifting | 16 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 14 |
| Drug offences | 6 |
| Robbery | 4 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Ashmore compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Ashmore safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ashmore at a rate of 55.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 103.7 per 1,000 people across Walsall.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 19 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ashmore.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (145), criminal damage and arson (46) and other crime (46).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Walsall
These figures are published for the whole of Walsall, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Walsall and not Ashmore alone. See Walsall
Ashmore in brief
The median price paid for a home in Ashmore was £235,500 in 2025.
Ashmore had 6,110 usual residents at the census.
About 52% of people in Ashmore live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Ashmore, 98.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.