Crime Statistics for Kates Hill, Dudley, Dudley, 2024

There were a total of 363 street level crime incidents in Kates Hill 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 Kates Hill, 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	160
Vehicle Crime	40
Criminal Damage Arson	38
Shoplifting	35
Anti Social Behaviour	24
Other Theft	22
Public Order	16
Burglary	7
Other Crime	6
Possession Of Weapons	5
Drugs	5
Theft From The Person	4
Robbery	1
All Crime	363

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 Kates Hill. 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 Kates Hill

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Kates Hill	363
Burnt Tree	363
Tipton (1.24 miles)	334
Tipton Green (1.24 miles)	334
Dudley Port (0.88 miles)	294
Eve Hill (1.24 miles)	289
Dudley (1.24 miles)	289
Tansley Hill (0.62 miles)	273
Tividale	271
Oakham (0.88 miles)	202

Where are the most violent places near Kates Hill?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Kates Hill	160
Burnt Tree	160
Eve Hill	140
Dudley	140
Tipton	135
Tipton Green	135
Tansley Hill	128
Dudley Port	127
Tividale	121
Oakham	108

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

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 Kates Hill 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 Kates Hill compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Tipton Green	69
2	Rowley	67
3	St Thomas's	66
4	Castle and Priory	60
5	Tividale	60
6	Netherton, Woodside and St Andrews	59
7	Brierley Hill	58
8	Brockmoor and Pensnett	58
9	St James's	56
10	Upper Gornal and Woodsetton	54
11	Coseley East	54

Which road in Kates Hill has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Kates Hill with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Queen's Cross.