Total Crime Rate
64.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Park View area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Darlaston South , and the 409th lowest crime rate of 824 local areas in Walsall .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Park View (WS10 8TG) in the last 12 months was 64.2 per 1,000 residents and was 26.3% lower than the Darlaston South average (87.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -27.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 47.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Park View (WS10 8TG), the main crime hotspot is near Whitehouse Avenue. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Darlaston South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Park View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolverhampton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hewitt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Forge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Michael Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Factory Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolverhampton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Biddlestone Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolverhampton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Heathfield Lane West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wiley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wiley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hall Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | The Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | The Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Forge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ames Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Peacock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Peacock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Whitehouse Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Foster Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Foster Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peach Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Ames Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Banfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Banfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitehouse Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Whitehouse Avenue | Under investigation |
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