Total Crime Rate
44.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lincoln Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Paddock , and the 271st lowest crime rate of 827 local areas in Walsall .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lincoln Road (WS1 2EA) in the last 12 months was 44.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1.9% lower than the Paddock average (45.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 24.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 500.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lincoln Road (WS1 2EA), the main crime hotspot is near Arboretum Road. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Walsall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paddock Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bott Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlotte Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlotte Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlotte Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paddock Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arboretum Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bott Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bott Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bott Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Walhouse Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tantarra Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Selborne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Selborne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selborne Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tong Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Paddock Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Paddock Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlotte Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arboretum Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Walhouse Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moncrieffe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Burleigh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Walhouse Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Walhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burleigh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rowley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chuckery Road | Under investigation |
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