Total Crime Rate
1159.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Bloxwich East , and the 5th highest crime rate of 824 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 3LG) in the last 12 months was 1159.6 per 1,000 residents and was 956.2% higher than the Bloxwich East average (109.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 203 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -36.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 79 (≈ 238.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (WS3 3LG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 308 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elmore Green Close (84 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bloxwich East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B4210 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | A4124 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Samuel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Samuel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Samuel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | A34 | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Elmore Green Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Elmore Green Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grant Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Exchange | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Exchange | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | The Exchange | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | A34 | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | A34 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | The Exchange | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peters Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrison Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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