Total Crime Rate

227.0 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 227.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 88.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.8 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 21.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.7 9/10
  • Other crime 14.2 10/10
  • Other theft 14.2 9/10
  • Public order 14.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.2 9/10
  • Drugs 10.6 8/10
  • Robbery 7.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Cartbridge Crescent area has the 19th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Birchills Leamore , and the 62nd highest crime rate of 824 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 Cartbridge Crescent (WS3 1QY) in the last 12 months was 227.0 per 1,000 residents and was 53.1% higher than the Birchills Leamore average (148.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 131.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 146.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cartbridge Crescent (WS3 1QY), the main crime hotspot is near Cartbridge Crescent. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cartbridge Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ross Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Warner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cartbridge Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cartbridge Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Warner Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ladypool Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Warner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Warner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warner Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whateley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warner Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Griffins Crescent
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Griffins Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Griffins Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cartbridge Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ladypool Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Whateley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Whateley Avenue Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Burglary Whateley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deans Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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