Crime Statistics for Compton, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Compton in October 2024. There were a total of 336 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 Compton, 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	102
Shoplifting	94
Vehicle Crime	30
Criminal Damage Arson	28
Public Order	18
Anti Social Behaviour	14
Burglary	14
Other Theft	10
Robbery	8
Other Crime	6
Possession Of Weapons	6
Drugs	4
Bicycle Theft	2
All Crime	336

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 Compton. 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 Compton

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (1.63 miles)	362
Newbridge (0.88 miles)	350
Compton	330
Dunstall Hill (1.76 miles)	272
Penn (1.39 miles)	230
Stockwell End (1.24 miles)	182
Tettenhall (1.24 miles)	182
Tettenhall Wood (0.88 miles)	171
Castlecroft (0.88 miles)	98
Spring Hill (1.86 miles)	53

Where are the most violent places near Compton?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Dunstall Hill	191
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal	131
Newbridge	117
Penn	116
Compton	102
Tettenhall Wood	63
Stockwell End	45
Tettenhall	45
Castlecroft	45
Spring Hill	30

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

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 Compton 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 Compton compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Graiseley	65
2	Blakenhall	63
3	Park	62
4	Wombourne North and Lower Penn	29
5	Tettenhall Regis	28
6	Merry Hill	25
7	Penn	22
8	Tettenhall Wightwick	18
9	Perton Lakeside	17
10	Codsall South	13
11	Perton East	7

Which road in Compton has the highest level of crime?

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