Postcode · Walsall
Crime in WS3 2TX
How much crime is recorded in WS3 2TX, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Bloxwich North West
- Council
- Walsall
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,211 (2024)
How safe is WS3 2TX
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 34.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WS3 2TX area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
34.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
68
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
WS3 2TXNational
Violence and sexual offences29.823.6
Other theft16.54.5
Criminal damage and arson6.64.7
Shoplifting4.28.4
Public order3.14.6
Other crime2.81.5
Possession of weapons2.10.9
Vehicle crime1.53.5
Burglary1.39.1
Robbery0.71.4
Anti-social behaviour0.110.7
Drugs0.12.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 27% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.