Total Crime Rate
147.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lane Arms Way area has the 19th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Bentley and Darlaston North , and the 131st highest crime rate of 827 local areas in Walsall .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lane Arms Way (WS2 0BF) in the last 12 months was 147.8 per 1,000 residents and was 28.4% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 61.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lane Arms Way (WS2 0BF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bentley Road North, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lane Arms Way (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Walsall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morris Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wrexham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bader Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bentley Mill Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Montgomery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pugh Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bentley Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wrexham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ridgeway Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cheshire Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morris Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheshire Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Portal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Portal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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