Crime Rates at Montgomery Road, Walsall, WS2 0AX

Montgomery Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Bentley and Darlaston North , and the 127th highest crime rate of 824 local areas in Walsall .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Montgomery Road (WS2 0AX) in the last 12 months was 151.5 per 1,000 residents and was 32.6% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 66.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 105.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Montgomery Road (WS2 0AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Churchill Road, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Slim Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.