Total Crime Rate
115.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hemmings Street area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Bentley and Darlaston North , and the 213th highest crime rate of 827 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 115.2 per 1,000 residents and was 0.1% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 66.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hemmings Street (WS10 8HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Addenbrooke Street, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bayley Crescent (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Darlaston South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Khyber Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Consort Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Khyber Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ince Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rough Hay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garrington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Horton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampton Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hall Street East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rubery Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Addenbrooke Street | Under investigation |
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