Total Crime Rate

87.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 87.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.7 8/10
  • Shoplifting 10.9 5/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.5 5/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • 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
  • 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

Chestnut Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Blakenall , and the 294th 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 Chestnut Road (WS3 1BE) in the last 12 months was 87.4 per 1,000 residents and was 53.0% lower than the Blakenall average (186.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 43.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 128.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chestnut Road (WS3 1BE), the main crime hotspot is near Harden Grove. Police recorded 33 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 Chestnut Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Archer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Camellia Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Archer Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Archer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oakland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oakland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oakland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oakwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Harden Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakwood Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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