Total Crime Rate

97.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 97.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 10.0 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.7 4/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Public order 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Chetwynd Close area has the 37th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Bentley and Darlaston North , and the 255th highest crime rate of 824 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 Chetwynd Close (WS2 0NB) in the last 12 months was 97.0 per 1,000 residents and was 15.2% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 43.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chetwynd Close (WS2 0NB), the main crime hotspot is near Farmbridge Road. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Chetwynd Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmbridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Island Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cumberland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lydney Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Warwick Avenue
Sep 2025Other crime Cumberland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmbridge Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Warwick Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmbridge Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmbridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ingledew Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ingledew Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Ridge Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Ridge Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Glenhurst Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Island Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cumberland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Farmbridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmbridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Farmbridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Farmbridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Farmbridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Welland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Welland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Welland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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