Total Crime Rate
128.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Walsall Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Friar Park , and the 224th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Sandwell .
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 Walsall Street (WS10 9HA) in the last 12 months was 128.4 per 1,000 residents and was 56.6% higher than the Friar Park average (82.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 41.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Walsall Street (WS10 9HA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Churchfields Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarkson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobs Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Trinity Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pound Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Corporation Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parkdale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arundel Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arundel Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakeswell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arundel Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kendrick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Longcroft Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A461 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Vicar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knowles Street | Under investigation |
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