Crime Statistics for Ashmore Lake, Walsall, Walsall, 2024

There were a total of 367 street level crime incidents in Ashmore Lake in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Ashmore Lake, 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	118
Vehicle Crime	45
Shoplifting	42
Other Theft	34
Anti Social Behaviour	29
Criminal Damage Arson	28
Burglary	26
Public Order	16
Possession Of Weapons	9
Robbery	7
Other Crime	6
Drugs	4
Bicycle Theft	2
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	367

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Ashmore Lake. 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 Ashmore Lake

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Bentley (1.39 miles)	391
Ashmore Lake	367
Portobello (0.88 miles)	351
Wednesfield (1.39 miles)	342
Stow Lawn (1.75 miles)	312
Lane Head (0.88 miles)	240
Short Heath (0.88 miles)	240
Dudley’s Fields (1.75 miles)	220
Ashmore Park (1.24 miles)	219
New Invention (1.39 miles)	211

Where are the most violent places near Ashmore Lake?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Portobello	159
Wednesfield	143
Bentley	136
Stow Lawn	132
Ashmore Lake	118
Lane Head	97
Short Heath	97
Dudley’s Fields	96
Ashmore Park	92
New Invention	81

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

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 Ashmore Lake 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 Ashmore Lake compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Ashmore Lake and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Ashmore Lake 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	Bilston North	68
7	Darlaston South	64
8	Willenhall North	58
9	Fallings Park	54
10	Wednesfield South	52
11	Wednesfield North	43

Which road in Ashmore Lake has the highest level of crime?

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