Total Crime Rate

135.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 135.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.8 7/10
  • Other theft 10.7 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.7 10/10
  • Public order 10.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.7 8/10
  • Other crime 7.1 8/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Smithfield Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Blakenall , and the 160th 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 Smithfield Road (WS3 1ND) in the last 12 months was 135.2 per 1,000 residents and was 27.4% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -64.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 56.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Smithfield Road (WS3 1ND), the main crime hotspot is near Ingram Road. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Smithfield Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Ingram Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Blakenall Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Blakenall Heath Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Brundard Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadowsweet Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Bell Tower Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sundew Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Trent Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ingram Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barracks Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Barracks Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blakenall Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Valley Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wye Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadowsweet Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Smithfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Smithfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollands Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hollands Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Blakenall Heath Under investigation
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Data Sources

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