Rushall and Shelfield
TownTown in Walsall, West Midlands.
Rushall and Shelfield is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Rushall and Shelfield add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 62% of people in Rushall and Shelfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Rushall and Shelfield compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Rushall and Shelfield safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Rushall and Shelfield at a rate of 71.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.4 per 1,000 people across West Midlands.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 106 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Rushall and Shelfield.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (376), other crime (158) and vehicle crime (103).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Rushall and Shelfield was 69.7 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in Rushall and Shelfield, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Rushall and Shelfield has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Rushall and Shelfield
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walsall 005C | 1,726 | 35.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.9% |
| Walsall 010A | 1,314 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.5% |
| Walsall 010B | 1,601 | 75.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Walsall 010C | 1,528 | 71.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.9% |
| Walsall 010D | 1,540 | 72.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.9% |
| Walsall 016A | 1,338 | 91.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.3% |
| Walsall 016B | 1,681 | 75.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.2% |
| Walsall 016C | 1,484 | 67.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| Walsall 016D | 1,947 | 109.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.8% |
Your MP
- Wendy MortonConservativeMP for Aldridge-Brownhills
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Rushall and Shelfield1
Middle areas in Rushall and Shelfield2
Towns near Rushall and Shelfield6
Rushall and Shelfield in brief
Rushall and Shelfield is a town in Walsall, West Midlands.
About 12,856 people lived in Rushall and Shelfield in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £222,000 in 2025 across 167 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 71.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Rushall and Shelfield was £222,000 in 2025.
Rushall and Shelfield had 12,844 usual residents at the census.
About 62% of people in Rushall and Shelfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Rushall and Shelfield, 96.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.