Crime Statistics for Blakenhall, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Blakenhall in September 2024. There were a total of 635 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 Blakenhall, 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	321
Shoplifting	56
Vehicle Crime	52
Anti Social Behaviour	44
Criminal Damage Arson	34
Public Order	32
Other Theft	28
Drugs	20
Burglary	12
Possession Of Weapons	12
Other Crime	11
Robbery	8
Bicycle Theft	4
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	635

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 Blakenhall. 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 Blakenhall

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Moseley (1.39 miles)	869
Heath Town (1.39 miles)	687
Springfield (1.24 miles)	621
Blakenhall	569
Monmore Green (1.24 miles)	459
Ettingshall (1.39 miles)	277
Parkfield (0.88 miles)	231
Penn (1.39 miles)	201
Lanesfield (1.39 miles)	198
Colton Hills (1.39 miles)	52

Where are the most violent places near Blakenhall?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Moseley	403
Springfield	386
Blakenhall	321
Heath Town	251
Monmore Green	235
Ettingshall	122
Parkfield	118
Penn	82
Lanesfield	79
Colton Hills	26

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

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 Blakenhall 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 Blakenhall compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Blakenhall and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Blakenhall is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	East Park	73
2	St Peter's	72
3	Graiseley	65
4	Heath Town	65
5	Bushbury South and Low Hill	64
6	Ettingshall	64
7	Blakenhall	63
8	Park	62
9	Spring Vale	51
10	Merry Hill	25
11	Penn	22

Which road in Blakenhall has the highest level of crime?

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