Total Crime Rate
939.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
280.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Long Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 116 local areas in Birchills Leamore , and the 6th 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 Long Street (WS2 9DX) in the last 12 months was 939.6 per 1,000 residents and was 526.0% higher than the Birchills Leamore average (150.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 90.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 280.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Long Street (WS2 9DX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nightclub, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dairy Close (30 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 | Boulevard Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Equestrian Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wave Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bridgeman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Marsh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marsh Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Equestrian Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dairy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Equestrian Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Equestrian Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Boulevard Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Corporation Street West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wave Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wave Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wave Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dairy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dairy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marsh Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Marsh Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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