Total Crime Rate

97.8 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 97.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.2 4/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Public order 5.4 5/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Richards Street area has the 36th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Bentley and Darlaston North , and the 252nd highest crime rate of 824 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 Richards Street (WS10 8AJ) in the last 12 months was 97.8 per 1,000 residents and was 14.4% lower than the Bentley and Darlaston North average (114.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 62.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Richards Street (WS10 8AJ), the main crime hotspot is near Latches Close. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Richards Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Whitworth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Rectory Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Florian Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Latches Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carriage Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Latches Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime The Flatts Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rectory Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Tilley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tilley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bell Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bell Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Richards Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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