Crime Statistics for Bilston, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Bilston in September 2024. There were a total of 338 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 Bilston, 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	128
Shoplifting	31
Vehicle Crime	30
Criminal Damage Arson	29
Other Theft	27
Burglary	20
Anti Social Behaviour	20
Public Order	17
Other Crime	10
Possession Of Weapons	8
Bicycle Theft	7
Drugs	6
Theft From The Person	4
Robbery	1
All Crime	338

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 Bilston. 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 Bilston

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Moseley (0.88 miles)	869
Monmore Green (0.62 miles)	459
Portobello (0.88 miles)	366
Stow Lawn	338
Bilston	338
Lower Bradley (1.39 miles)	315
Ettingshall (0.88 miles)	277
Parkfield (1.39 miles)	231
Ettingshall Park (1.75 miles)	198
Lanesfield (1.75 miles)	198

Where are the most violent places near Bilston?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Moseley	403
Monmore Green	235
Stow Lawn	151
Portobello	144
Bilston	128
Ettingshall	122
Parkfield	118
Lower Bradley	107
Ettingshall Park	79
Lanesfield	79

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

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 Bilston 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 Bilston compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Bilston East	82
2	East Park	73
3	St Peter's	72
4	Bilston North	68
5	Graiseley	65
6	Heath Town	65
7	Darlaston South	64
8	Ettingshall	64
9	Blakenhall	63
10	Wednesfield South	52
11	Spring Vale	51

Which road in Bilston has the highest level of crime?

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