Total Crime Rate

54.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 54.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Public order 2.6 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Arden Place area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Darlaston South , and the 344th lowest crime rate of 824 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 Arden Place (WV14 8LS) in the last 12 months was 54.0 per 1,000 residents and was 38.0% lower than the Darlaston South average (87.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 28.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Arden Place (WV14 8LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Thorneycroft Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Arden Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Bridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horace Partridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aston Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sutton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sutton Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Charnwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Leighton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wilkinson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Curtin Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Engine Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kendrick Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wilkinson Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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