Crime Statistics for Baptist End, Dudley, Dudley, 2024

There were a total of 208 street level crime incidents in Baptist End in February 2024. 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 Baptist End, 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	77
Shoplifting	25
Criminal Damage Arson	24
Vehicle Crime	22
Burglary	20
Public Order	9
Other Theft	7
Drugs	7
Other Crime	7
Anti Social Behaviour	6
Possession Of Weapons	2
Robbery	1
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	208

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Hart’s Hill (1.24 miles)	349
Round Oak (1.39 miles)	338
Tansley Hill (0.88 miles)	273
Rowley Regis (1.39 miles)	268
Dudley Wood (1.24 miles)	219
Bowling Green (1.24 miles)	219
Baptist End	208
Netherton	208
Oakham (1.39 miles)	202
Springfield (1.24 miles)	186

Where are the most violent places near Baptist End?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Hart’s Hill	135
Rowley Regis	129
Tansley Hill	128
Round Oak	118
Oakham	108
Dudley Wood	99
Bowling Green	99
Springfield	91
Baptist End	77
Netherton	77

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

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 Baptist End 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 Baptist End compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Baptist End and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Baptist End is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Rowley	67
2	St Thomas's	66
3	Castle and Priory	60
4	Tividale	60
5	Netherton, Woodside and St Andrews	59
6	Brierley Hill	58
7	Brockmoor and Pensnett	58
8	St James's	56
9	Blackheath	56
10	Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood	54
11	Amblecote	39

Which road in Baptist End has the highest level of crime?

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