Total Crime Rate

205.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 205.9 9/10
  • Other theft 73.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 50.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.7 10/10
  • Burglary 14.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.8 6/10
  • Shoplifting 11.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.8 6/10
  • Other crime 8.8 9/10
  • Drugs 5.9 6/10
  • Robbery 5.9 7/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Short Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Bentley and Darlaston North , and the 74th 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 Short Street (WS10 8BS) in the last 12 months was 205.9 per 1,000 residents and was 78.9% higher than the Bentley and Darlaston North average (115.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Short Street (WS10 8BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fallings Heath Close, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near James Close (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Short Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Fallings Heath Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Salisbury Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Short Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cook Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Fallings Heath Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Simmonds Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Steelmans Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Steelmans Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cook Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Steelmans Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order James Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fallings Heath Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fallings Heath Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fallings Heath Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Wood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Short Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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