Total Crime Rate
1494.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Peel Street area has the highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Bentley and Darlaston North , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 824 local areas in Walsall .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Peel Street (WV13 2BZ) in the last 12 months was 1494.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1207.3% higher 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 Shoplifting with 283 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 137 (≈ 306.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Peel Street (WV13 2BZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Upper Lichfield Street, where police recorded 243 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bentley and Darlaston North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Field Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Field Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Field Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Field Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ensdale Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Newlands Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Croft Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolverhampton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stafford Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Longacres | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Longacres | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longacres | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stafford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stafford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stafford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Stafford Street | Under investigation |
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