Total Crime Rate
120.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Selmans Hill area has the 13th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Bloxwich East , and the 202nd highest crime rate of 827 local areas in Walsall .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Selmans Hill (WS3 3RL) in the last 12 months was 120.1 per 1,000 residents and was 5.5% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 64.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Selmans Hill (WS3 3RL), 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 | Burglary | Selmans Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Alcove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fishley Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Millfield Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Millfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millfield Avenue | 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 | The Alcove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Buxton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lichfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Buxton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Simmonds Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lichfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Castleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castleton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Alcove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buxton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Castleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lichfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lichfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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