Total Crime Rate
199.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
84.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harden Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 116 local areas in Birchills Leamore , and the 77th highest crime rate of 827 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 Harden Road (WS3 1RL) in the last 12 months was 199.4 per 1,000 residents and was 32.8% higher than the Birchills Leamore average (150.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 84.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 30.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harden Road (WS3 1RL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Warner Road, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Goscote Place (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Walsall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Whateley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ryecroft Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whateley Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Whateley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whateley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whateley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whateley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Whateley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Deans Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warner Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Warner Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Goscote Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Goscote Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Warner Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warner Place | Under investigation |
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