Crime Statistics for London Fields, Dudley, Dudley, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for London Fields in October 2024. There were a total of 291 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 London 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	128
Shoplifting	38
Anti Social Behaviour	23
Criminal Damage Arson	22
Public Order	19
Other Theft	16
Vehicle Crime	14
Burglary	11
Other Crime	8
Robbery	5
Possession Of Weapons	3
Drugs	3
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	291

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 London 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 London Fields

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Dudley (0.62 miles)	619
Eve Hill (0.62 miles)	410
Hart’s Hill (1.24 miles)	405
Upper Gornal (1.24 miles)	382
Bromley (1.76 miles)	380
London Fields	291
Gornalwood (0.62 miles)	287
Russells Hall (0.62 miles)	278
Lower Gornal (0.62 miles)	264
Ruiton (1.39 miles)	108

Where are the most violent places near London Fields?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Bromley	365
Dudley	338
Upper Gornal	261
Eve Hill	174
Gornalwood	169
Hart’s Hill	152
Russells Hall	140
London Fields	128
Lower Gornal	116
Ruiton	39

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in London 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 London 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 London Fields compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	St Thomas's	66
2	Himley and Swindon	64
3	Castle and Priory	60
4	Brierley Hill	58
5	Brockmoor and Pensnett	58
6	St James's	56
7	Upper Gornal and Woodsetton	54
8	Coseley East	54
9	Gornal	40
10	Wordsley	26
11	Kingswinford South	20

Which road in London Fields has the highest level of crime?

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