Total Crime Rate
24.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Slater Street area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Bentley and Darlaston North , and the 132nd lowest crime rate of 827 local areas in Walsall .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Slater Street (WV13 1JA) in the last 12 months was 24.2 per 1,000 residents and was 79.0% lower than the Bentley and Darlaston North average (115.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 9.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Slater Street (WV13 1JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Walsall Road, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Barcroft (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Willenhall South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Charles Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barcroft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Charles Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gough Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gough Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barcroft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slater Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Barcroft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glaisedale Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Avenue | Under investigation |
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