Total Crime Rate

192.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

108.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 192.2 9/10
  • Violent crimes 108.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 100.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 33.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.7 9/10
  • Burglary 11.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.4 5/10
  • Other crime 8.4 9/10
  • Public order 5.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Robbery 2.8 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.8 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High 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.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Leighton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Laurel Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leighton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leighton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leighton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Thorneycroft Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Castle View Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Horace Partridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Horace Partridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hughes Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hughes Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilkinson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Laurel Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Laurel Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Laurel Grove Under investigation

Data Sources

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