Total Crime Rate

170.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 170.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.7 9/10
  • Drugs 22.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.2 7/10
  • Burglary 7.6 7/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

New Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Bloxwich East , and the 102nd 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 New Street (WS3 2HY) in the last 12 months was 170.5 per 1,000 residents and was 55.3% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 64.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Street (WS3 2HY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 212 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elmore Green Close (84 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in New Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Croxstalls Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime A34 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A34 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft The Exchange Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting The Exchange Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting The Exchange Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Exchange Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Exchange Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ragley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Elmore Green Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Elmore Green Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Samuel Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Samuel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Samuel Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Samuel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A4124 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A34 Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Shoplifting A34 Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Shoplifting A34 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Drake Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Drake Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drake Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drake Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Peters Court Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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