Total Crime Rate

67.3 per 1,000 6/10 · 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 67.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Lichfield Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Bloxwich East , and the 396th highest 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 Lichfield Road (WS3 3BS) in the last 12 months was 67.3 per 1,000 residents and was 38.7% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -23.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 27.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lichfield Road (WS3 3BS), the main crime hotspot is near Millfield Avenue. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lichfield Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Simmonds Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Simmonds Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shackleton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Millfield Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wolverhampton Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pelsall Lane —
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Data Sources

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