Total Crime Rate
598.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
319.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Bloxwich East , and the 13th 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 3JX) in the last 12 months was 598.4 per 1,000 residents and was 425.3% higher 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 89 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 120 (≈ 319.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (WS3 3JX), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmore Green Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmore Green Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmore Green Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Revival Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elmore Green Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Exchange | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Exchange | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Exchange | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A34 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A34 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A34 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | A34 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A34 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A34 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elmore Green Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elmore Green Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A34 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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