Total Crime Rate
86.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
45.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Farmbridge Close area has the 38th lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Bentley and Darlaston North , and the 315th 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 Farmbridge Close (WS2 0AJ) in the last 12 months was 86.8 per 1,000 residents and was 24.6% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 45.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Farmbridge Close (WS2 0AJ), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 123 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Walsall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Condover Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmbridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chester Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Farmbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Farmbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Farmbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Condover Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tenbury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Farmbridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Farmbridge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farmbridge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmbridge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cumberland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farmbridge Road | — |
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