Total Crime Rate

104.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

65.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 104.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 65.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.1 6/10
  • Public order 6.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cresswell Crescent area has the 9th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Bloxwich West , and the 244th highest crime rate of 827 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 Cresswell Crescent (WS3 2UL) in the last 12 months was 104.6 per 1,000 residents and was 2.7% lower than the Bloxwich West average (107.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 65.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cresswell Crescent (WS3 2UL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Margam Terrace, where police recorded 110 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tewkesbury Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cresswell Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (29/29)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Roche Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Margam Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Buildwas Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Abingdon Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Margam Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Margam Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Bolton Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Margam Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Tintern Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tintern Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Tintern Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Margam Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Shrewsbury Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Shrewsbury Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Margam Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Waverley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Selby Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Margam Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Tewkesbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Margam Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Neath Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Margam Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Margam Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Margam Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tewkesbury Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Margam Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Abbey Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Margam Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tewkesbury Road —
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Data Sources

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