Total Crime Rate

205.2 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 205.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 43.2 10/10
  • Other theft 17.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.1 7/10
  • Other crime 13.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.0 9/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Croft Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Willenhall South , and the 82nd 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 Croft Street (WV13 2NU) in the last 12 months was 205.2 per 1,000 residents and was 35.2% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -65.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 92.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Croft Street (WV13 2NU), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Croft Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Upper Lichfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Croft Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Templars Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Newlands Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ensdale Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
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 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
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 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wolverhampton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stafford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stafford Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stafford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stafford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Stafford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Stafford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harper Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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