Crime Statistics for Churchfield, Sandwell, Sandwell, 2024

There were a total of 325 street level crime incidents in Churchfield in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Churchfield, 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	114
Other Theft	34
Vehicle Crime	27
Shoplifting	27
Burglary	23
Criminal Damage Arson	22
Anti Social Behaviour	20
Public Order	13
Robbery	12
Theft From The Person	12
Drugs	11
Other Crime	6
Possession Of Weapons	3
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	325

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 Churchfield. 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 Churchfield

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Black Lake	374
Lambert’s End (1.39 miles)	356
Mayer’s Green	347
Churchfield	325
Balls Hill (1.39 miles)	310
Stone Cross (1.39 miles)	285
Friar Park (1.39 miles)	285
Hall Green (1.39 miles)	285
Charlemont	205
Newton (1.39 miles)	77

Where are the most violent places near Churchfield?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Lambert’s End	153
Black Lake	147
Balls Hill	139
Stone Cross	136
Friar Park	136
Hall Green	136
Mayer’s Green	129
Churchfield	114
Charlemont	92
Newton	39

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

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 Churchfield 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 Churchfield compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Churchfield and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Churchfield is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Holyhead	76
2	West Bromwich Central	74
3	Hateley Heath	73
4	Greets Green and Lyng	69
5	Great Bridge	69
6	Handsworth Wood	66
7	Wednesbury South	63
8	Charlemont with Grove Vale	63
9	Oldbury	54
10	St Pauls	54
11	Smethwick	52

Which road in Churchfield has the highest level of crime?

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