Total Crime Rate

89.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 89.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.0 3/10
  • Other theft 6.0 5/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.0 5/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Kipling Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Willenhall North , and the 287th highest crime rate of 824 local areas in Walsall .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kipling Road (WV12 5HS) in the last 12 months was 89.3 per 1,000 residents and was 31.4% higher than the Willenhall North average (68.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 62.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kipling Road (WV12 5HS), the main crime hotspot is near Wood Lane Close. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kipling Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lilac Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranmer Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Pooles Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Coleridge Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cowper Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowper Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Oaken Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Milton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broadmeadows Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Southey Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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