Total Crime Rate

103.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 103.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.1 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.1 7/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Drugs 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 4/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Whitehouse Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Wednesbury North , and the 329th highest crime rate of 954 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 103.3 per 1,000 residents and was 24.1% lower than the Wednesbury North average (136.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 60.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitehouse Avenue (WS10 7HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 96 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Union Street (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Whitehouse Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Upper Russell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Upper Russell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Trouse Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trouse Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Upper High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Upper High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellcroft Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shambles Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shambles Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Upper Russell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Reservoir Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Upper Russell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Upper Russell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Market Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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