Total Crime Rate

218.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 218.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.8 9/10
  • Other theft 25.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 24.0 7/10
  • Public order 14.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.9 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 12.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.1 7/10
  • Drugs 9.2 8/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Theft from the person 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Selborne Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Birchills Leamore , and the 71st highest crime rate of 824 local areas in Walsall .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Selborne Street (WS1 2JN) in the last 12 months was 218.1 per 1,000 residents and was 47.1% higher than the Birchills Leamore average (148.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -81.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 107.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -39.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Selborne Street (WS1 2JN), the main crime hotspot is near Tantarra Street. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Selborne Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Richmond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Paddock Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Moncrieffe Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paddock Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paddock Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paddock Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paddock Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Selborne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dove Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tantarra Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Tantarra Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlotte Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Richmond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bernard Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bott Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bernard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bernard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bernard Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Walhouse Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Walhouse Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bernard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bernard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bernard Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Burleigh Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rowley Street
Sep 2025Other theft Rowley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Paddock Lane Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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