Total Crime Rate

153.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 153.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.1 9/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Slim Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Bentley and Darlaston North , and the 125th 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 Slim Road (WS2 0EG) in the last 12 months was 153.6 per 1,000 residents and was 34.4% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -52.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 75.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 64.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Slim Road (WS2 0EG), the main crime hotspot is near Slim Road. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Slim Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wolverhampton Road West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hopyard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hopyard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Montgomery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Slim Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Slim Road —
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Data Sources

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