Total Crime Rate
80.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hodson Avenue area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Bentley and Darlaston North , and the 346th 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 Hodson Avenue (WV13 2HS) in the last 12 months was 80.4 per 1,000 residents and was 30.2% lower than the Bentley and Darlaston North average (115.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 35.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hodson Avenue (WV13 2HS), the main crime hotspot is near Brunslow Close. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 25 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 | Hobley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Harper Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brunslow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cannon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Birmingham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Peartree Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | William Harper Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fletcher'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Marston 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 | Burglary | Brunslow Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brunslow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brunslow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brunslow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brunslow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Grove | 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 | Hobley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Willow Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hobley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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