Total Crime Rate

270.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 270.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 138.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.5 10/10
  • Other crime 25.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.6 10/10
  • Drugs 12.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.6 9/10
  • Burglary 6.3 6/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Shoplifting 6.3 4/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Pinfold Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Bentley and Darlaston North , and the 45th highest crime rate of 824 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 Pinfold Street (WS10 8SY) in the last 12 months was 270.4 per 1,000 residents and was 136.6% higher 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 175.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 144.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 187.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pinfold Street (WS10 8SY), the main crime hotspot is near New Street. Police recorded 142 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Pinfold Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ironmill Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Black Horse Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ironmill Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ironmill Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ironmill Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ironmill Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Wesleys Fold Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wesleys Fold Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wesleys Fold Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Ironmill Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ironmill Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Church Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Black Horse Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Pinfold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Black Horse Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Great Croft Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Black Horse Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Black Horse Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Black Horse Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Black Horse Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Black Horse Close
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons New Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson New Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ironmill Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ironmill Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Pinfold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Rectory Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Rectory Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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