Total Crime Rate
101.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Barcroft area has the 10th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Willenhall South , and the 253rd highest crime rate of 827 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 Barcroft (WV13 1NA) in the last 12 months was 101.9 per 1,000 residents and was 34.5% lower than the Willenhall South average (155.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 60.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barcroft (WV13 1NA), the main crime hotspot is near Mill Street. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Willenhall South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hobley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barcroft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gough Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gough Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cannon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barcroft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hobley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Birmingham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Squires Gate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Squires Gate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slater Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mill Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Barcroft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mill Street | Under investigation |
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