Crime Statistics for Portway, Sandwell, Sandwell, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Portway in October 2024. There were a total of 470 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 Portway, 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	242
Anti Social Behaviour	38
Vehicle Crime	32
Criminal Damage Arson	30
Public Order	26
Other Theft	24
Other Crime	16
Possession Of Weapons	14
Shoplifting	14
Burglary	12
Robbery	10
Drugs	8
Theft From The Person	4
All Crime	470

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 Portway. 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 Portway

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Portway	437
Oldbury	427
Langley (1.24 miles)	337
Langley Green (1.39 miles)	311
Tansley Hill (1.39 miles)	308
Rowley Regis (0.88 miles)	308
Round’s Green (0.88 miles)	297
Blackheath (1.24 miles)	247
Springfield (0.62 miles)	199
Oakham (0.88 miles)	195

Where are the most violent places near Portway?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Portway	242
Oldbury	224
Langley	161
Langley Green	151
Rowley Regis	148
Round’s Green	136
Tansley Hill	122
Blackheath	117
Oakham	93
Springfield	92

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

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 Portway 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 Portway compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Portway and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Portway is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Greets Green and Lyng	69
2	Rowley	67
3	Langley	65
4	Tividale	60
5	Netherton, Woodside and St Andrews	59
6	Cradley Heath and Old Hill	57
7	Blackheath	56
8	Oldbury	54
9	Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood	54
10	Halesowen North	48
11	Belle Vale	34

Which road in Portway has the highest level of crime?

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