Total Crime Rate
140.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wolverhampton Street area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Bentley and Darlaston North , and the 148th highest crime rate of 824 local areas in Walsall .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wolverhampton Street (WS10 8UF) in the last 12 months was 140.5 per 1,000 residents and was 22.9% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 52.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 65.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wolverhampton Street (WS10 8UF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mill Street, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rough Hay Place (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bentley and Darlaston North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peach Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Foster Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Factory Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Foster Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Park View | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Forge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Forge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hewitt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolverhampton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dorsett Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolverhampton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Alma Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Heathfield Lane West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorsett Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolverhampton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | School Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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