Crime Statistics for Amblecote, Dudley, Dudley, 2024

There were a total of 182 street level crime incidents in Amblecote in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Amblecote, 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	65
Shoplifting	27
Burglary	19
Anti Social Behaviour	18
Criminal Damage Arson	17
Vehicle Crime	16
Other Theft	10
Public Order	5
Drugs	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
Other Crime	1
All Crime	182

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 Amblecote. 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 Amblecote

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Brierley Hill (1.96 miles)	304
Brockmoor (1.75 miles)	293
Silver End (1.39 miles)	245
Stour Bridge Canal (1.28 miles)	195
Amblecote	182
Bromley (1.96 miles)	163
Buckpool (0.62 miles)	120
Stourbridge (1.39 miles)	25
Norton (1.86 miles)	17
Stourton (1.86 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Amblecote?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Brockmoor	114
Brierley Hill	107
Silver End	102
Stour Bridge Canal	80
Bromley	73
Amblecote	65
Buckpool	50
Stourbridge	9
Norton	6
Stourton	0

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

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 Amblecote 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 Amblecote compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Brierley Hill	58
2	Lye and Stourbridge North	50
3	Wollaston and Stourbridge Town	50
4	Pedmore and Stourbridge East	40
5	Kinver	39
6	Amblecote	39
7	Hagley East	33
8	Wordsley	26
9	Kingswinford North and Wall Heath	21
10	Norton	21
11	Kingswinford South	20

Which road in Amblecote has the highest level of crime?

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