Total Crime Rate
57.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lime Avenue area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Bentley and Darlaston North , and the 371st lowest crime rate of 824 local areas in Walsall .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lime Avenue (WS2 0JA) in the last 12 months was 57.9 per 1,000 residents and was 49.3% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 27.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 175.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lime Avenue (WS2 0JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Churchill Road, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Quilter Close (17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Appleyard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Appleyard Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Appleyard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Appleyard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cunningham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cunningham Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Churchill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malkit Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Edinburgh Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ewart Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malkit Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchill Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Queen Elizabeth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Everest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowlands Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Queen Elizabeth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Queen Elizabeth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Queen Elizabeth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Queen Elizabeth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Montgomery Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Everest Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Everest Road | — |
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