Total Crime Rate
598.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Irvine Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Bloxwich East , and the 17th highest crime rate of 824 local areas in Walsall .
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 Irvine Road (WS3 2DY) in the last 12 months was 598.4 per 1,000 residents and was 445.0% higher than the Bloxwich East average (109.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 77 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -41.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 111 (≈ 295.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 57.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Irvine Road (WS3 2DY), the main crime hotspot is near Elmore Green Close. Police recorded 174 crimes here, including 84 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bloxwich East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Water Reed Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmore Green Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmore Green Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmore Green Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmore Green Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmore Green Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmore Green Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmore Green Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmore Green Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Reeves Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stuart Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fryers Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B4210 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Nursery Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Nursery Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grant Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Elmore Green Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Elmore Green Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | B4210 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fryers Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B4210 | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fryers Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fryers Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fryers Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fryers Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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