Total Crime Rate

84.1 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 84.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.5 8/10
  • Other theft 12.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.4 5/10
  • Drugs 6.2 6/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Lowe Avenue area has the 42nd lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Bentley and Darlaston North , and the 306th highest crime rate of 824 local areas in Walsall .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lowe Avenue (WS10 8NS) in the last 12 months was 84.1 per 1,000 residents and was 26.4% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -8.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 37.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lowe Avenue (WS10 8NS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whitehouse Avenue (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Lowe Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Biddlestone Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hall Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whitehouse Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Whitehouse Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Whitehouse Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Whitehouse Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitehouse Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitehouse Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Vinculum Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A463 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Whitehouse Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Banfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lowe Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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