Crime Statistics for Churchfield, Sandwell, Sandwell, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Churchfield in September 2024. There were a total of 429 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 Churchfield, 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	174
Anti Social Behaviour	40
Shoplifting	35
Other Theft	30
Criminal Damage Arson	29
Public Order	23
Vehicle Crime	21
Drugs	20
Burglary	18
Robbery	12
Theft From The Person	9
Possession Of Weapons	9
Other Crime	6
Bicycle Theft	3
All Crime	429

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 Churchfield. 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 Churchfield

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Black Lake	468
Lambert’s End (1.39 miles)	461
Churchfield	429
Stone Cross (1.39 miles)	305
Friar Park (1.39 miles)	305
Hall Green (1.39 miles)	305
Balls Hill (1.39 miles)	284
Charlemont	260
Mayer’s Green	136
Newton (1.39 miles)	75

Where are the most violent places near Churchfield?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Black Lake	174
Churchfield	174
Lambert’s End	165
Balls Hill	153
Stone Cross	145
Friar Park	145
Hall Green	145
Charlemont	129
Mayer’s Green	128
Newton	24

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

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 Churchfield 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 Churchfield compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Churchfield and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Churchfield is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Holyhead	76
2	West Bromwich Central	74
3	Hateley Heath	73
4	Greets Green and Lyng	69
5	Great Bridge	69
6	Handsworth Wood	66
7	Wednesbury South	63
8	Charlemont with Grove Vale	63
9	Oldbury	54
10	St Pauls	54
11	Smethwick	52

Which road in Churchfield has the highest level of crime?

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