Total Crime Rate
124.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
73.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cobden Street area has the 29th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Bentley and Darlaston North , and the 192nd highest crime rate of 827 local areas in Walsall .
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 Cobden Street (WS10 9RN) in the last 12 months was 124.5 per 1,000 residents and was 8.2% higher than the Bentley and Darlaston North average (115.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 73.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cobden Street (WS10 9RN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fallings Heath Close, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near James Close (18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fallings Heath Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cook Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Waldron Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Waldron Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | James Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fallings Heath Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fallings Heath Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fallings Heath Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Fallings Heath Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Salisbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cobden Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cook Street | Under investigation |
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