Total Crime Rate
51.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Moncrieffe Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Paddock , and the 316th 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 Moncrieffe Street (WS1 2LA) in the last 12 months was 51.2 per 1,000 residents and was 13.2% higher 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 23.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Moncrieffe Street (WS1 2LA), the main crime hotspot is near Tong Street. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 20 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 | Theft from the person | Lumley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selborne Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bott Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bott Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bott Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bott Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lumley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Other theft | Chuckery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moncrieffe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tong Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Burleigh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bernard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burleigh Street | Under investigation |
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