Crime Statistics for Shropshire Union Canal, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, 2024

There were a total of 482 street level crime incidents in Shropshire Union Canal in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Shropshire Union Canal, 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	203
Anti Social Behaviour	37
Vehicle Crime	35
Shoplifting	35
Other Theft	34
Criminal Damage Arson	32
Public Order	30
Robbery	18
Drugs	15
Possession Of Weapons	14
Burglary	14
Theft From The Person	7
Other Crime	7
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	482

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 Shropshire Union Canal. 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 Shropshire Union Canal

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Springfield (0.65 miles)	665
Heath Town (1.02 miles)	653
Park Village (0.81 miles)	645
Shropshire Union Canal	482
Newbolds (1.43 miles)	433
Old Fallings (1.02 miles)	415
Dunstall Hill (0.43 miles)	290
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (0.62 miles)	250
Newbridge (1.22 miles)	189
Claregate (1.22 miles)	111

Where are the most violent places near Shropshire Union Canal?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Park Village	265
Springfield	239
Heath Town	238
Shropshire Union Canal	203
Newbolds	185
Old Fallings	172
Dunstall Hill	117
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal	105
Newbridge	80
Claregate	47

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Shropshire Union Canal?

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 Shropshire Union Canal 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 Shropshire Union Canal compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Shropshire Union Canal and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Shropshire Union Canal is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	St Peter's	72
2	Graiseley	65
3	Heath Town	65
4	Bushbury South and Low Hill	64
5	Ettingshall	64
6	Blakenhall	63
7	Park	62
8	Fallings Park	54
9	Bushbury North	36
10	Oxley	30
11	Tettenhall Regis	28

Which road in Shropshire Union Canal has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Shropshire Union Canal with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Douglas Turner Way.