Total Crime Rate

226.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 226.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 130.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.6 6/10
  • Robbery 22.2 10/10
  • Other theft 17.2 9/10
  • Public order 9.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.9 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.9 4/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Pooles Lane area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Willenhall North , and the 63rd 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 Pooles Lane (WV12 5HW) in the last 12 months was 226.6 per 1,000 residents and was 233.4% higher than the Willenhall North average (68.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -81.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 64.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pooles Lane (WV12 5HW), 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 Pooles Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowper Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranmer Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Fletcher Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Fletcher Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Huntington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mitre Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mitre Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broadmeadows Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rugeley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cowper Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Milton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Southey Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Pooles Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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