Total Crime Rate
156.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
78.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Darlaston South , and the 114th highest crime rate of 827 local areas in Walsall .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (WS10 8SD) in the last 12 months was 156.0 per 1,000 residents and was 74.5% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 78.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (WS10 8SD), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Horace Partridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilkinson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Thorneycroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Castle View Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Leighton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| 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 | 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 | Other theft | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashtree Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ashtree Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashtree Grove | Under investigation |
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