Total Crime Rate

309.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 309.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 116.6 10/10
  • Other theft 39.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 36.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.4 10/10
  • Public order 15.3 9/10
  • Burglary 12.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.2 10/10
  • Other crime 6.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • 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

New Road area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Willenhall South , and the 40th highest crime rate of 824 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 New Road (WV13 2DA) in the last 12 months was 309.8 per 1,000 residents and was 104.2% higher than the Willenhall South average (151.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 144.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Road (WV13 2DA), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 131 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in New Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/38)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Birches Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Gomer Street West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Gomer Street West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gomer Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dartmouth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dartmouth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Croft Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Newlands Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Field Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Field Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Field Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Field Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Field Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Field Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wolverhampton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wolverhampton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stafford Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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