Total Crime Rate
192.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
108.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Darlaston South , and the 83rd highest crime rate of 827 local areas in Walsall .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (WS10 8RX) in the last 12 months was 192.2 per 1,000 residents and was 115.1% higher than the Darlaston South average (89.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 108.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (WS10 8RX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hughes Road, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Leighton Road (21 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 | Other crime | Leighton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leighton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leighton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leighton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Thorneycroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Castle View Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horace Partridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Horace Partridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hughes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hughes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilkinson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Laurel Grove | Under investigation |
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