Crime Statistics for Short Heath, Walsall, Walsall, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Short Heath in September 2024. There were a total of 499 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 Short Heath, 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	166
Shoplifting	86
Vehicle Crime	55
Criminal Damage Arson	53
Anti Social Behaviour	52
Burglary	20
Other Crime	19
Public Order	16
Other Theft	12
Drugs	8
Possession Of Weapons	8
Theft From The Person	2
Bicycle Theft	2
All Crime	499

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 Short Heath. 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 Short Heath

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

Location	Crime Incidents
New Invention	488
Short Heath	485
Leamore (1.24 miles)	450
Portobello (1.75 miles)	366
Bloxwich (1.75 miles)	332
Lane Head	325
Bentley (1.39 miles)	320
Ashmore Lake (0.88 miles)	310
Dudley’s Fields (0.88 miles)	279
Ashmore Park (0.88 miles)	245

Where are the most violent places near Short Heath?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Leamore	177
Short Heath	166
New Invention	160
Portobello	144
Bloxwich	134
Bentley	117
Dudley’s Fields	101
Lane Head	98
Ashmore Lake	94
Ashmore Park	78

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

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 Short Heath 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 Short Heath compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Short Heath and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Short Heath is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bilston East	82
2	Willenhall South	73
3	East Park	73
4	Bentley and Darlaston North	70
5	Short Heath	69
6	Birchills Leamore	69
7	Bilston North	68
8	Bloxwich West	60
9	Willenhall North	58
10	Wednesfield South	52
11	Wednesfield North	43

Which road in Short Heath has the highest level of crime?

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