Crime Statistics for Lanesfield, Wolverhampton, Dudley, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Lanesfield in October 2024. There were a total of 207 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Lanesfield, 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	77
Criminal Damage Arson	26
Anti Social Behaviour	25
Shoplifting	25
Vehicle Crime	14
Public Order	12
Burglary	10
Other Theft	9
Other Crime	4
Possession Of Weapons	2
Theft From The Person	2
Drugs	1
All Crime	207

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 Lanesfield. 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 Lanesfield

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Blakenhall (1.39 miles)	599
Monmore Green (1.39 miles)	490
Wallbrook (1.75 miles)	356
Ettingshall (0.88 miles)	251
Cinder Hill (0.62 miles)	246
Parkfield (0.62 miles)	234
Ettingshall Park	207
Lanesfield	207
Coseley (1.39 miles)	204
Colton Hills (1.24 miles)	63

Where are the most violent places near Lanesfield?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Blakenhall	295
Monmore Green	225
Wallbrook	185
Parkfield	119
Ettingshall	111
Cinder Hill	88
Ettingshall Park	77
Lanesfield	77
Coseley	62
Colton Hills	33

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

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 Lanesfield 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 Lanesfield compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Lanesfield and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Lanesfield is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Graiseley	65
2	Himley and Swindon	64
3	Ettingshall	64
4	Blakenhall	63
5	Upper Gornal and Woodsetton	54
6	Coseley East	54
7	Spring Vale	51
8	Gornal	40
9	Sedgley	39
10	Merry Hill	25
11	Penn	22

Which road in Lanesfield has the highest level of crime?

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