Total Crime Rate
105.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Darwin Court area has the 4th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Pattingham, Trysull, Bobbington & Lower Penn , and the 48th highest crime rate of 355 local areas in South Staffordshire .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Darwin Court (WV6 7TH) in the last 12 months was 105.8 per 1,000 residents and was 87.6% higher than the Pattingham, Trysull, Bobbington & Lower Penn average (56.4 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 58.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Darwin Court (WV6 7TH), the main crime hotspot is near Tamar Grove. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Perton Lakeside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tasman Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Egelwin Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tasman Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tamar Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tamar Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tamar Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tamar Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tamar Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Parkway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cabot Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wells Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cloverdale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gibson Road | Under investigation |
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