Total Crime Rate
109.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hemmings Street area has the 31st highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Bentley and Darlaston North , and the 223rd highest crime rate of 824 local areas in Walsall .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hemmings Street (WS10 8HT) in the last 12 months was 109.1 per 1,000 residents and was 4.6% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 75.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 108.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hemmings Street (WS10 8HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A454, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Addenbrooke Street (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bayley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Barford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Midland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Midland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Midland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Midland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Midland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Ames Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ince Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barford Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Yardley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Willenhall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayley Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayley Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bayley Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Empress Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ames Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Memory Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Horton Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Memory Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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