Total Crime Rate

90.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 90.5 7/10
  • Violent crimes 50.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.9 7/10
  • Public order 11.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.8 5/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Robbery 6.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.4 4/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Queen Mary Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Palfrey , and the 297th 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 Queen Mary Street (WS1 4AB) in the last 12 months was 90.5 per 1,000 residents and was 13.2% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 50.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Queen Mary Street (WS1 4AB), the main crime hotspot is near Milton Place. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Queen Mary Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bescot Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broadway West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Milton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Milton Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bescot Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cobden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime King Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lord Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Milton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lord Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lord Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Whitehall Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bescot Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bescot Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bescot Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Dale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Truda Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cobden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Milton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Milton Place
Apr 2026Drugs Milton Place Local resolution
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Milton Place Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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