Total Crime Rate

83.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 83.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.0 1/10
  • Other crime 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

West Bromwich Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Palfrey , and the 316th highest crime rate of 824 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 West Bromwich Street (WS1 4DB) in the last 12 months was 83.2 per 1,000 residents and was 10.4% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 46.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Bromwich Street (WS1 4DB), the main crime hotspot is near Caldmore Green. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in West Bromwich Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grange Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Grange Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newhall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grange Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grange Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grange Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buckle Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grange Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft St Michael Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Caldmore Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grange Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grange Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grange Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime West Bromwich Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Windsor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windsor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grange Street
Sep 2025Drugs Weston Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Weston Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Little London Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Little London Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Little London Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little London Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sandwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ridgewood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ridgewood Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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