Total Crime Rate
359.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
160.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Blakenall , and the 35th highest crime rate of 827 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 High Street (WS3 3JT) in the last 12 months was 359.1 per 1,000 residents and was 88.6% higher than the Blakenall average (190.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 160.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (WS3 3JT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 220 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elmore Green Close (93 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 | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmore Green Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pinfold | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pinfold | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A34 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Revival Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alfred Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Station Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Exchange | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmore Green Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A34 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmore Green Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elmore Green Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elmore Green Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elmore Green Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elmore Green Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elmore Green Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elmore Green Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elmore Green Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A34 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | A34 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A34 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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