Total Crime Rate

125.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 125.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.6 5/10
  • Drugs 7.0 7/10
  • Burglary 5.3 6/10
  • Other theft 5.3 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Public order 1.8 1/10
  • Robbery 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Barracks Lane area has the 12th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Blakenall , and the 182nd 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 Barracks Lane (WS3 1LR) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 32.9% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 70.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barracks Lane (WS3 1LR), the main crime hotspot is near Guild Avenue. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Barracks Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plover Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Smithfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadowsweet Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadowsweet Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wagtail Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Trent Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newhome Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newhome Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sundew Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Brundard Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wye Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Barracks Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Smithfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newhome Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barracks Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Guild Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Guild Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Guild Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Guild Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blakenall Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Blakenall Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Walker Road
Sep 2025Public order Walker Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Plover Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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