Crime Statistics for Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal in September 2024. There were a total of 468 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 Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, 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	175
Shoplifting	52
Other Theft	42
Anti Social Behaviour	36
Burglary	36
Criminal Damage Arson	26
Vehicle Crime	26
Public Order	20
Robbery	14
Possession Of Weapons	12
Drugs	12
Theft From The Person	8
Other Crime	5
Bicycle Theft	4
All Crime	468

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 Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. 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 Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Springfield (1.02 miles)	621
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal	449
Shropshire Union Canal (0.62 miles)	381
Dunstall Hill (0.19 miles)	331
Newbridge (0.76 miles)	244
Claregate (0.76 miles)	148
Stockwell End (1.05 miles)	128
Tettenhall (1.05 miles)	128
Pendeford (1.32 miles)	111
Palmers Cross (1.22 miles)	89

Where are the most violent places near Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Springfield	386
Shropshire Union Canal	228
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal	175
Dunstall Hill	112
Newbridge	77
Stockwell End	56
Claregate	53
Pendeford	45
Tettenhall	40
Palmers Cross	26

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal?

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 Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal 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 Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	St Peter's	72
2	Graiseley	65
3	Bushbury South and Low Hill	64
4	Ettingshall	64
5	Park	62
6	Bushbury North	36
7	Oxley	30
8	Tettenhall Regis	28
9	Merry Hill	25
10	Tettenhall Wightwick	18
11	Codsall South	13

Which road in Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal has the highest level of crime?

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