Total Crime Rate

121.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

85.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 121.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 85.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 76.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.2 8/10
  • Burglary 9.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.1 3/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Drugs 3.0 3/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Whitehouse Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Wednesbury North , and the 227th highest crime rate of 951 local areas in Sandwell .

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 Whitehouse Avenue (WS10 7HT) in the last 12 months was 121.6 per 1,000 residents and was 6.9% lower than the Wednesbury North average (130.6 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 Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 85.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitehouse Avenue (WS10 7HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 92 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Union Street (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Whitehouse Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/56)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Mark Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Upper Russell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Park Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trouse Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Trouse Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Whitley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Whitley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Whitley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Union Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Upper Russell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Upper Russell Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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