Total Crime Rate

123.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 123.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.1 7/10
  • Other theft 9.1 7/10
  • Public order 9.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.1 7/10
  • Other crime 6.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.0 1/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 4/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Tennyson Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Willenhall North , and the 183rd highest crime rate of 824 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 Tennyson Road (WV12 5JE) in the last 12 months was 123.9 per 1,000 residents and was 82.3% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 84.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tennyson Road (WV12 5JE), 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 Tennyson Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowper Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lilac Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Coleridge Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Road 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
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cowper Close

Data Sources

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