Crime Statistics for The Chuckery, Walsall, Walsall, 2024

There were a total of 476 street level crime incidents in The Chuckery 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 The Chuckery, 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	184
Vehicle Crime	45
Shoplifting	45
Anti Social Behaviour	42
Other Theft	37
Burglary	25
Public Order	23
Criminal Damage Arson	21
Robbery	15
Possession Of Weapons	14
Drugs	10
Theft From The Person	7
Other Crime	7
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	476

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 The Chuckery. 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 The Chuckery

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Walsall	621
Birchills (1.39 miles)	514
Coal Pool (1.39 miles)	497
The Chuckery	476
Palfrey (0.88 miles)	389
Caldmore (0.88 miles)	389
Bescot (1.75 miles)	279
The Delves (1.39 miles)	236
Goscote (1.86 miles)	235
Barr Common (1.96 miles)	40

Where are the most violent places near The Chuckery?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Walsall	251
Birchills	198
The Chuckery	184
Coal Pool	182
Palfrey	175
Caldmore	175
Bescot	126
The Delves	121
Goscote	102
Barr Common	14

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

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 The Chuckery 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 The Chuckery compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Blakenall	83
2	Pleck	77
3	St Matthew's	76
4	Bloxwich East	74
5	Short Heath	69
6	Birchills Leamore	69
7	Charlemont with Grove Vale	63
8	Palfrey	59
9	Friar Park	55
10	Paddock	40
11	Aldridge Central and South	25

Which road in The Chuckery has the highest level of crime?

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