Total Crime Rate
34.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oak Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Willenhall South , and the 200th 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 Oak Road (WV13 3DB) in the last 12 months was 34.4 per 1,000 residents and was 77.9% lower than the Willenhall South average (155.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 11.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oak Road (WV13 3DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holman Close, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cedar Road (20 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 | Public order | Holman Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hogarth Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hogarth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambrose Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holman Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oak Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Oak Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lakeside Close | Under investigation |
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