Total Crime Rate

175.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

109.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 175.3 9/10
  • Violent crimes 109.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.2 10/10
  • Burglary 24.7 10/10
  • Public order 21.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.7 8/10
  • Drugs 8.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.2 7/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.7 1/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 3/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dalkeith Street area has the 34th highest crime rate of 116 local areas in Birchills Leamore , and the 96th highest crime rate of 827 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 Dalkeith Street (WS2 8QA) in the last 12 months was 175.3 per 1,000 residents and was 16.8% higher than the Birchills Leamore average (150.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 350.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 109.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dalkeith Street (WS2 8QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Jessel Road, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Birchills (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dalkeith Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Jessel Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Miner Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Jessel Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Green Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jessel Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Brighton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Raleigh Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Raleigh Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Birchills Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Birchills Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Old Birchills Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Dalkeith Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Adams Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cairns Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Reedswood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Checketts Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Hollyhedge Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Reedswood Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Reedswood Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Hollyhedge Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Theft from the person Birch Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Cairns Street Local resolution
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Data Sources

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