Crime Statistics for Oakham, Sandwell, Sandwell, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Oakham in September 2024. There were a total of 347 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Oakham, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime195
Vehicle Crime34
Anti Social Behaviour24
Public Order18
Other Theft16
Burglary14
Criminal Damage Arson14
Other Crime12
Drugs8
Possession Of Weapons4
Robbery4
Theft From The Person2
Shoplifting2
All Crime347

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 Oakham. 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 Oakham

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Burnt Tree (0.88 miles)691
Rowley Regis (1.24 miles)436
Kates Hill (0.88 miles)433
Tansley Hill (0.62 miles)325
Dudley Port (1.24 miles)315
Oakham313
Tividale (0.62 miles)295
Round’s Green (1.24 miles)252
Portway (0.88 miles)247
Springfield (0.62 miles)189

14.22%
of Tividale residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Oakham?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Burnt Tree295
Rowley Regis212
Oakham195
Kates Hill174
Dudley Port135
Tansley Hill134
Round’s Green128
Tividale125
Portway125
Springfield92

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

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 Oakham 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 Oakham compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Tipton Green69
2Greets Green and Lyng69
3Rowley67
4St Thomas's66
5Langley65
6Castle and Priory60
7Tividale60
8Netherton, Woodside and St Andrews59
9St James's56
10Blackheath56
11Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood54

Which road in Oakham has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: September 2024
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