Total Crime Rate
75.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Vincent Street area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 116 local areas in Birchills Leamore , and the 372nd highest 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 Vincent Street (WS1 3EJ) in the last 12 months was 75.0 per 1,000 residents and was 50.0% lower than the Birchills Leamore average (150.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -35.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 33.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 35.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vincent Street (WS1 3EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Haskell Street, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grange Street (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Walsall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Highgate Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Highgate Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Follyhouse Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sports/Recreation Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little London | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little London | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little London | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Little London | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Little London | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Little London | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Little London | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Belvidere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Bromwich Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | West Bromwich Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | West Bromwich Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highgate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highgate Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highgate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highgate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vincent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Vincent Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Haskell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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