Total Crime Rate
110.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gomer Street area has the 30th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Bentley and Darlaston North , and the 215th 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 Gomer Street (WV13 2NW) in the last 12 months was 110.1 per 1,000 residents and was 3.6% lower 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 Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -90.9% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -90.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 43.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 423.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gomer Street (WV13 2NW), 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 | Vehicle crime | Upper Lichfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Field Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Newlands Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stafford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Field Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Field Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stafford 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Field Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolverhampton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolverhampton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dartmouth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stafford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Stafford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gomer Street West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Harper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Harper Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Croft Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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