Total Crime Rate
140.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
73.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sutton Road area has the highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Paddock , and the 150th highest crime rate of 827 local areas in Walsall .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sutton Road (WS1 2PE) in the last 12 months was 140.2 per 1,000 residents and was 210.3% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 73.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sutton Road (WS1 2PE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bernard Street, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lumley Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Walsall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burleigh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Burleigh 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 | Public order | Emery Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moncrieffe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emery Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bernard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lumley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lumley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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