Total Crime Rate
97.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harper Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Willenhall South , and the 267th highest crime rate of 827 local areas in Walsall .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Harper Street (WV13 1SW) in the last 12 months was 97.1 per 1,000 residents and was 37.6% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 54.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harper Street (WV13 1SW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Upper Lichfield Street, where police recorded 213 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (34 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Dartmouth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Lichfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Lichfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Lichfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Lichfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Lichfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Lichfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Lichfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Lichfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Lichfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Lichfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Lichfield Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Lichfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Upper Lichfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Lichfield Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Lichfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Lichfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawrence Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | London Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | London Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clothier Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Little Clothier Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bloom Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawrence Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lawrence Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Lichfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Templars Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Upper Lichfield Street | Under investigation |
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