Total Crime Rate
414.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hollinwell Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Bloxwich East , and the 24th 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 Hollinwell Close (WS3 3UL) in the last 12 months was 414.6 per 1,000 residents and was 277.6% 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 105 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 157.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hollinwell Close (WS3 3UL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 109 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (5 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Burslem Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Links | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Astbury Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Broad Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Downfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Muxloe Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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