Total Crime Rate
122.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
85.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hawes Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Palfrey , and the 197th highest crime rate of 827 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 Hawes Road (WS1 3LF) in the last 12 months was 122.3 per 1,000 residents and was 52.9% higher than the Palfrey average (80.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 85.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hawes Road (WS1 3LF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 123 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vincent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Highgate Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Follyhouse Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sports/Recreation Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vincent Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maw Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Vincent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Vincent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Vincent Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Haskell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Haskell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vincent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vincent Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Vincent Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Maw Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tame Street | Under investigation |
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