There were a total of 360 street level crime incidents in Sandwell in February 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 Sandwell, 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 | 180 |
| Vehicle Crime | 32 |
| Public Order | 31 |
| Criminal Damage Arson | 22 |
| Other Theft | 20 |
| Anti Social Behaviour | 18 |
| Burglary | 13 |
| Drugs | 13 |
| Shoplifting | 7 |
| Possession Of Weapons | 6 |
| Theft From The Person | 6 |
| Other Crime | 6 |
| Robbery | 6 |
| All Crime | 360 |
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 Sandwell. 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 Sandwell
We've taken the ten nearest places to Sandwell and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Sandwell has more crime than other surrounding areas.
| Location | Crime Incidents |
|---|---|
| Rotton Park (1.75 miles) | 561 |
| Brown’s Green (1.75 miles) | 418 |
| Handsworth (0.88 miles) | 398 |
| Sandwell | 360 |
| Tat Bank (1.86 miles) | 355 |
| Grand Union Canal (1.25 miles) | 350 |
| Mayer’s Green (1.39 miles) | 347 |
| Langley (1.96 miles) | 338 |
| Bearwood (1.86 miles) | 293 |
| Londonderry (1.75 miles) | 279 |
of Smethwick residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census
Where are the most violent places near Sandwell?
The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Sandwell and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.
| Location | Violent Incidents |
|---|---|
| Rotton Park | 237 |
| Brown’s Green | 199 |
| Sandwell | 180 |
| Handsworth | 169 |
| Grand Union Canal | 167 |
| Tat Bank | 142 |
| Langley | 135 |
| Bearwood | 134 |
| Mayer’s Green | 129 |
| Londonderry | 128 |
How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Sandwell?
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 Sandwell 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 Sandwell compare to surrounding wards?
We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Sandwell and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Sandwell have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Handsworth.| # | Ward | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Handsworth | 83 |
| 2 | Holyhead | 76 |
| 3 | North Edgbaston | 75 |
| 4 | West Bromwich Central | 74 |
| 5 | Handsworth Wood | 66 |
| 6 | Soho and Victoria | 63 |
| 7 | Abbey | 55 |
| 8 | Bristnall | 54 |
| 9 | Oldbury | 54 |
| 10 | St Pauls | 54 |
| 11 | Smethwick | 52 |
Which road in Sandwell has the highest level of crime?
We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Sandwell with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.
Information provided by data.police.uk
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