Crime Statistics for Londonderry, Sandwell, Sandwell, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Londonderry in October 2024. There were a total of 332 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 Londonderry, 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	146
Anti Social Behaviour	40
Vehicle Crime	32
Criminal Damage Arson	22
Other Theft	18
Public Order	16
Shoplifting	14
Burglary	14
Drugs	9
Robbery	6
Possession Of Weapons	5
Other Crime	5
Theft From The Person	4
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	332

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 Londonderry. 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 Londonderry

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Tat Bank (1.39 miles)	523
Oldbury (1.39 miles)	427
Warley Woods (0.88 miles)	354
Bearwood (1.39 miles)	348
Langley (0.88 miles)	337
Londonderry	332
Causeway Green (0.62 miles)	311
Langley Green (0.62 miles)	311
Bristnall Fields (0.88 miles)	240
Beech Lanes (1.39 miles)	219

Where are the most violent places near Londonderry?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Tat Bank	312
Oldbury	224
Bearwood	224
Warley Woods	179
Langley	161
Beech Lanes	159
Langley Green	151
Causeway Green	147
Londonderry	146
Bristnall Fields	92

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

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 Londonderry 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 Londonderry compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Langley	65
2	Soho and Victoria	63
3	Quinton	62
4	Cradley Heath and Old Hill	57
5	Old Warley	56
6	Abbey	55
7	Bristnall	54
8	Oldbury	54
9	Smethwick	52
10	Halesowen North	48
11	Belle Vale	34

Which road in Londonderry has the highest level of crime?

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