Total Crime Rate
144.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
71.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bridge Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Darlaston South , and the 136th 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 Bridge Street (WS10 7BN) in the last 12 months was 144.8 per 1,000 residents and was 62.1% higher than the Darlaston South average (89.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 71.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bridge Street (WS10 7BN), the main crime hotspot is near Dangerfield Lane. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Darlaston South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dangerfield Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadwaters Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heath Acres | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Unity Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dangerfield Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Large Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Large Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Margaret Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Margaret Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Western Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Western Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Margaret Road | Under investigation |
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