Total Crime Rate

45.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 45.9 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.6 6/10
  • Drugs 4.8 5/10
  • Other theft 4.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.8 5/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Clarkes Lane area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Bentley and Darlaston North , and the 287th lowest crime rate of 824 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 Clarkes Lane (WV13 1JB) in the last 12 months was 45.9 per 1,000 residents and was 59.9% lower than the Bentley and Darlaston North average (114.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -59.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 26.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -59.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clarkes Lane (WV13 1JB), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Clarkes Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ingledew Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cumberland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Island Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Welland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Welland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Warwick Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ingledew Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crescent Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cumberland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Crescent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crescent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crescent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crescent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crescent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Welland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Warwick Avenue
Sep 2025Other crime Cumberland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Island Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

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