Crime Statistics for Shropshire Union Canal, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Shropshire Union Canal in October 2024. There were a total of 122 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 Shropshire Union Canal, 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	58
Shoplifting	21
Public Order	8
Vehicle Crime	8
Anti Social Behaviour	8
Criminal Damage Arson	8
Burglary	5
Other Theft	2
Drugs	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
Other Crime	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	122

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 Shropshire Union Canal. 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 Shropshire Union Canal

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (1.55 miles)	362
Claregate (0.87 miles)	188
Palmers Cross (1.07 miles)	156
Codsall (1.29 miles)	145
Fordhouses (1.29 miles)	127
Shropshire Union Canal	109
Dam Mill (0.67 miles)	97
Pendeford (0.25 miles)	96
Bilbrook (0.72 miles)	78
Lane Green (0.72 miles)	78

Where are the most violent places near Shropshire Union Canal?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal	131
Fordhouses	101
Codsall	64
Shropshire Union Canal	58
Palmers Cross	57
Claregate	56
Dam Mill	43
Bilbrook	40
Lane Green	40
Pendeford	39

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Shropshire Union Canal?

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 Shropshire Union Canal 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 Shropshire Union Canal compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	St Peter's	72
2	Bushbury South and Low Hill	64
3	Park	62
4	Bilbrook	40
5	Bushbury North	36
6	Oxley	30
7	Tettenhall Regis	28
8	Codsall North	23
9	Tettenhall Wightwick	18
10	Codsall South	13
11	Perton East	7

Which road in Shropshire Union Canal has the highest level of crime?

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