Total Crime Rate

128.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 128.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.8 8/10
  • Public order 19.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.8 5/10
  • Drugs 8.8 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.6 9/10
  • Robbery 6.6 8/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Queen Mary Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Palfrey , and the 175th highest crime rate of 824 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 128.0 per 1,000 residents and was 70.0% higher than the Palfrey average (75.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 83.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Queen Mary Street (WS1 4AB), the main crime hotspot is near King Street. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 18 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

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alexandra Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cobden Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Queen Mary Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Dale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Dale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Truda Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Milton Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Milton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Queen Mary Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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