Total Crime Rate
111.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
84.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Earl Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Palfrey , and the 222nd 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 Earl Street (WS1 4JX) in the last 12 months was 111.7 per 1,000 residents and was 39.6% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 84.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Earl Street (WS1 4JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Milton Street (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Walsall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Equestrian Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Truda Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wednesbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wednesbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Milton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Equestrian Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earl Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Corporation Street West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Equestrian Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cornmill Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bescot Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bescot Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bescot Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bescot Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bescot Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Equestrian Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorothy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Milton Street | Local resolution |
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