Postcode · Walsall
Crime in WS3 3SH
How much crime is recorded in WS3 3SH, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Little Bloxwich
- Council
- Walsall
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,891 (2024)
WS3 3SHWalsall
How safe is WS3 3SH
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 36.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WS3 3SH area, above 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
36.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
75
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
WS3 3SHNational
Violence and sexual offences23.823.6
Shoplifting17.68.4
Burglary12.29.1
Vehicle crime7.33.5
Criminal damage and arson7.14.7
Anti-social behaviour4.810.7
Drugs2.32.4
Other theft1.94.5
Other crime1.81.5
Public order1.64.6
Possession of weapons1.20.9
Theft from the person1.02.1
Robbery0.71.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.