Total Crime Rate
61.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Yale Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Bentley and Darlaston North , and the 375th lowest crime rate of 827 local areas in Walsall .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Yale Road (WV13 2JN) in the last 12 months was 61.2 per 1,000 residents and was 46.8% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -31.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 25.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Yale Road (WV13 2JN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ratcliffe Drive, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brueton Road (15 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 | Shoplifting | Ratcliffe Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bickley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lunt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ratcliffe Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ratcliffe Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Prince Thorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brueton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bickley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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