Total Crime Rate
69.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lichfield Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Bloxwich East , and the 398th highest crime rate of 827 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 69.8 per 1,000 residents and was 38.7% lower than the Bloxwich East average (113.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 29.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lichfield Road (WS3 3BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Millfield Avenue (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Walsall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolverhampton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Abbotts Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Alcove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Alcove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Alcove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Alcove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wolverhampton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Alcove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolverhampton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Simmonds Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Millfield Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Millfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolverhampton Road | Under investigation |
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