Crime Statistics for The Delves, Walsall, Walsall, 2024

There were a total of 271 street level crime incidents in The Delves in March 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 Delves, 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	125
Vehicle Crime	31
Public Order	26
Anti Social Behaviour	21
Criminal Damage Arson	20
Other Theft	14
Possession Of Weapons	8
Other Crime	7
Shoplifting	7
Burglary	5
Robbery	3
Theft From The Person	2
Drugs	2
All Crime	271

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Walsall (1.24 miles)	695
The Chuckery (1.39 miles)	519
Palfrey (0.62 miles)	426
Caldmore (0.62 miles)	426
Pleck (1.39 miles)	329
Bescot	316
Stone Cross (1.39 miles)	312
Friar Park (1.39 miles)	312
Hall Green (1.39 miles)	312
The Delves	271

Where are the most violent places near The Delves?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Walsall	284
The Chuckery	213
Palfrey	184
Caldmore	184
Bescot	133
Stone Cross	125
Friar Park	125
Hall Green	125
The Delves	125
Pleck	117

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

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 Delves 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 Delves compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to The Delves and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. The Delves is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Pleck	77
2	St Matthew's	76
3	Hateley Heath	73
4	Bentley and Darlaston North	70
5	Darlaston South	64
6	Charlemont with Grove Vale	63
7	Wednesbury North	62
8	Palfrey	59
9	Friar Park	55
10	Great Barr with Yew Tree	50
11	Paddock	40

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

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