Total Crime Rate
29.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Old Park Industrial Estate area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Wednesbury North , and the 121st lowest crime rate of 951 local areas in Sandwell .
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 Old Park Industrial Estate (WS10 9LR) in the last 12 months was 29.2 per 1,000 residents and was 77.7% lower than the Wednesbury North average (130.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 10.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Park Industrial Estate (WS10 9LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whitley Street, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hall End (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wednesbury North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A462 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lloyd Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Goldby Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Willow Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meeting Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Trouse Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A462 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trouse Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mark Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Short Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Short Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Short Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hall End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall End | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall End | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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