Total Crime Rate
233.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brockhurst Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Palfrey , and the 57th 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 Brockhurst Street (WS1 4ED) in the last 12 months was 233.1 per 1,000 residents and was 209.4% 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 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 114.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 77 (≈ 153.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 52.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brockhurst Street (WS1 4ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 107 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Walstead Road West (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Palfrey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Farmstead Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pattison Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Walstead Road West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walstead Road West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walstead Road West | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walstead Road West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Weston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Weston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pattison Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Walstead Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brockhurst Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brockhurst Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Farmstead Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Middleton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexandra Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Under investigation |
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