Crime Statistics for Buckpool, Dudley, Dudley, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Buckpool in September 2024. There were a total of 134 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Buckpool, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	52
Anti Social Behaviour	15
Vehicle Crime	13
Burglary	12
Other Theft	8
Shoplifting	8
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Public Order	5
Other Crime	4
Robbery	4
Possession Of Weapons	3
Drugs	3
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	134

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Buckpool. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Buckpool

We've taken the ten nearest places to Buckpool and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Buckpool has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Brockmoor (1.39 miles)	510
Silver End (1.24 miles)	430
Brierley Hill (1.86 miles)	286
Round Oak (1.96 miles)	267
Bromley (1.39 miles)	216
Amblecote (0.62 miles)	198
Stour Bridge Canal (0.79 miles)	176
Buckpool	134
Stourbridge (1.96 miles)	33
Stourton (1.96 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Buckpool?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Buckpool and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Brockmoor	190
Silver End	153
Round Oak	144
Bromley	106
Stour Bridge Canal	90
Brierley Hill	77
Amblecote	70
Buckpool	52
Stourbridge	12
Stourton	2

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Buckpool?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Buckpool to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Buckpool compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Buckpool and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Buckpool is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Brierley Hill	58
2	Brockmoor and Pensnett	58
3	Lye and Stourbridge North	50
4	Wollaston and Stourbridge Town	50
5	Pedmore and Stourbridge East	40
6	Kinver	39
7	Amblecote	39
8	Wordsley	26
9	Kingswinford North and Wall Heath	21
10	Norton	21
11	Kingswinford South	20

Which road in Buckpool has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Buckpool with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.