Total Crime Rate
36.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bush Street area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Bentley and Darlaston North , and the 216th lowest crime rate of 827 local areas in Walsall .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bush Street (WS10 8LE) in the last 12 months was 36.3 per 1,000 residents and was 68.5% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 36.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bush Street (WS10 8LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Addenbrooke Street, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Perry Street (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bentley and Darlaston North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bush Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bellman Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Perry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Victoria Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Victoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rectory Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Victoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Victoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Georges Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Victoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rubery Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bellman Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perry Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bellman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Perry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Addenbrooke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Horton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Blockall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Slater Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Batchcroft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richards Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rectory Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
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