Crap Towns / West Midlands / Bloxwich
Bloxwich
84/100Crap Score
People from here are Bloxwegians.
157th crappest of 984 towns, and 4th in the West Midlands. Higher scores are crapper.
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Nobody cares about 1086, love
Bloxwich got into the Domesday Book and Walsall didn't. That was in 1086.
Bloxwich got into the Domesday Book and Walsall didn't, and Bloxwegians have been bringing it up since 1086. Not much has gone right since. The shopfronts on the High Street are falling to bits, the floors above them are empty, and Blocco has had two libraries shut on it.
The vandals are busy. Criminal damage runs at nearly twice the typical town's rate, and deliberate fires at four times it, mostly somebody torching the bins. 17 of the 252 food places with a rating score 0 to 2. Walsall charges £2,627 on a Band D home for all this. Still, at least it's not Walsall.
What the score is made of
Ten ingredients, each marked out of 100. Higher is crapper.
Bloxwich's 94 for criminal damage and arson means it's crapper than 94% of towns.
- Criminal damage and arson94/10013.0 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
- Food hygiene93/1006.8% rated 0 to 2, of the 252 food businesses with a rating
- Deliberate fires92/10023.4 per 10,000 people a year, April 2023 to March 2026
- Air pollution91/10012.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.8 of fine particles, 2024 average
- Fly-tipping77/10017.9 incidents per 1,000 people a year, Walsall council area, 2022-23 to 2024-25
- Serious road collisions61/1002.7 per 10,000 people a year, fatal and serious, 2021 to 2025
- Rain60/100134 days of rain a year, at least 1 mm, 1991 to 2020 average
- Anti-social behaviour48/10010.0 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
- Sewage spills32/100106 spill hours per 10,000 people a year, storm overflows within 1 km, 2023 to 2025
- Broadband17/1002.9% of premises can't get gigabit, January 2026, and 5.8% across the Walsall council area
| Pos | Town | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walsall | 92 |
| 2 | Wednesbury | 90 |
| 3 | Birmingham | 86 |
| 4 | Bloxwich | 84 |
| 5 | Brownhills | 82 |
| 6 | West Bromwich | 81 |
| 7 | Cradley Heath | 77 |
| 8 | Dudley | 76 |
| 9 | Willenhall | 74 |
Bloxwich by numbers
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Crime, muck and dodgy water
- 111 crimes per 1,000 people a year (September 2023 to August 2026) Worse: 46% higher than the typical town's 76.2
- 65 problems reported on FixMyStreet in the year to October 2026 Better: 12.5 per 10,000 people, 39% lower than the typical town's 20.4
- 4 serious pollution incidents within 1 km since 2016, the latest in 2025
What's left on the high street
- 20 pubs, 13 hairdressers, 5 charity shops, 4 bookmakers, 2 vape shops, 4 banks, 1 Greggs on the map here as of 1 October 2026
- 9.5% of takeaways rated 0 to 2 for hygiene (4 of 42) Worse: 2.4x the typical town's 4.0%
- 2 libraries shut for good since 2010: Beechdale Library (2017) and Blakenall Library (2017)
- 5 public toilets on the map (October 2026) Worse: 1.0 per 10,000 people, 38% lower than the typical town's 1.6
- 2 public swimming pools open; 2 closed for good since 2010 Worse: 0.4 per 10,000 people, 43% lower than the typical English town's 0.7
- 2 places on England's Heritage at Risk register
Getting about, getting online, getting rained on
- 12.33am last bus out on a Wednesday Better: Later than the typical town's 12.14am
- 0.2% of premises can't get superfast broadband (January 2026) Better: 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%
- 31.3% live more than 400 metres from a park or play space Worse: 2x the typical town's 15.5%
- 1,431 hours of sunshine a year (1991 to 2020 average) Worse: 7% lower than the typical town's 1,532
Walsall council
Have a crap-off
Bloxwich against your mate's town, and a match ticket to rub it in.
- ?Fly-tippingper 1,000, council area?
- ?Anti-social behaviourper 1,000 people?
- ?Serious road crashesper 10,000 people?
- ?Sewage spillshours per 10,000 people?
- ?Food hygienerated poor?
- ?Criminal damageper 1,000 people?
- ?Dirty airµg/m³?
- ?No gigabitof premises can't get it?
- ?Deliberate firesper 10,000 people?
- ?Raindays a year?
Ten ingredients. One verdict. Who's crapper? The higher Crap Score takes it.