Crime Statistics for The Delves, Walsall, Walsall, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for The Delves in October 2024. There were a total of 259 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in The Delves, 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	122
Criminal Damage Arson	26
Shoplifting	26
Other Theft	18
Vehicle Crime	16
Public Order	14
Anti Social Behaviour	13
Burglary	9
Possession Of Weapons	6
Other Crime	4
Drugs	4
Robbery	1
All Crime	259

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 The Delves. 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 The Delves

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

Location	Crime Incidents
The Chuckery (1.39 miles)	799
Walsall (1.24 miles)	740
Caldmore (0.62 miles)	724
Palfrey (0.62 miles)	612
Pleck (1.39 miles)	497
Stone Cross (1.39 miles)	459
Bescot	344
Friar Park (1.39 miles)	286
Hall Green (1.39 miles)	286
The Delves	259

Where are the most violent places near The Delves?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Caldmore	332
The Chuckery	326
Palfrey	310
Walsall	271
Stone Cross	224
Pleck	213
Bescot	162
Friar Park	132
Hall Green	132
The Delves	122

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

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 The Delves 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 The Delves compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to The Delves and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.The Delves is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Pleck	77
2	St Matthew's	76
3	Hateley Heath	73
4	Bentley and Darlaston North	70
5	Darlaston South	64
6	Charlemont with Grove Vale	63
7	Wednesbury North	62
8	Palfrey	59
9	Friar Park	55
10	Great Barr with Yew Tree	50
11	Paddock	40

Which road in The Delves has the highest level of crime?

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