Total Crime Rate
88.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dartmouth Avenue area has the 51st lowest crime rate of 116 local areas in Birchills Leamore , and the 305th highest crime rate of 827 local areas in Walsall .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dartmouth Avenue (WS3 1ST) in the last 12 months was 88.7 per 1,000 residents and was 40.9% lower 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 52.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dartmouth Avenue (WS3 1ST), the main crime hotspot is near Alderley Crescent. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Walsall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawbush Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stag Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hawbush Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alderley Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alderley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Jubilee Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Jubilee Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rutland Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halford Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rutland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Jubilee Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stag Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stag Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Forest Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lavender Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilton Close | Offender given a caution |
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