Crime Statistics for Dudley’s Fields, Walsall, Walsall, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Dudley’s Fields in October 2024. There were a total of 244 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Dudley’s Fields, 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	80
Shoplifting	43
Anti Social Behaviour	37
Criminal Damage Arson	22
Vehicle Crime	16
Burglary	13
Other Theft	9
Public Order	7
Robbery	6
Other Crime	4
Possession Of Weapons	4
Drugs	1
Bicycle Theft	1
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	244

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Dudley’s Fields. 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 Dudley’s Fields

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Birchills (1.75 miles)	683
Bloxwich (0.88 miles)	475
Blakenall Heath (1.24 miles)	469
Ashmore Park (1.24 miles)	354
Wallington Heath (0.88 miles)	346
Leamore (0.88 miles)	323
Lane Head (0.88 miles)	318
Short Heath (0.88 miles)	318
Dudley’s Fields	244
New Invention	227

Where are the most violent places near Dudley’s Fields?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Birchills	233
Bloxwich	182
Ashmore Park	173
Blakenall Heath	143
New Invention	139
Wallington Heath	124
Lane Head	100
Short Heath	100
Leamore	94
Dudley’s Fields	80

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Dudley’s Fields?

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 Dudley’s Fields 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 Dudley’s Fields compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Dudley’s Fields and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Dudley’s Fields is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Blakenall	83
2	Bilston East	82
3	Bloxwich East	74
4	Willenhall South	73
5	Short Heath	69
6	Birchills Leamore	69
7	Bilston North	68
8	Essington	65
9	Bloxwich West	60
10	Willenhall North	58
11	Wednesfield North	43

Which road in Dudley’s Fields has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Dudley’s Fields with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Stroud Avenue.