Crime Statistics for Lanesfield, Wolverhampton, Dudley, 2024

Crime statistics for Lanesfield, Wolverhampton

There were a total of 218 street level crime incidents in Lanesfield in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Lanesfield, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime101
Criminal Damage Arson24
Public Order20
Vehicle Crime19
Burglary14
Anti Social Behaviour12
Other Theft11
Other Crime5
Shoplifting4
Drugs3
Possession Of Weapons2
Robbery1
Theft From The Person1
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime218

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Lanesfield. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Lanesfield

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Blakenhall (1.39 miles)439
Monmore Green (1.39 miles)326
Ettingshall (0.88 miles)274
Parkfield (0.62 miles)240
Ettingshall Park218
Lanesfield218
Coseley (1.39 miles)212
Cinder Hill (0.62 miles)205
Wallbrook (1.75 miles)201
Colton Hills (1.24 miles)66

16.59%
of Spring Vale residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Lanesfield?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Blakenhall175
Monmore Green142
Ettingshall127
Parkfield117
Cinder Hill105
Ettingshall Park101
Lanesfield101
Coseley98
Wallbrook85
Colton Hills38

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

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 Lanesfield 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 Lanesfield compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Graiseley65
2Himley and Swindon64
3Ettingshall64
4Blakenhall63
5Upper Gornal and Woodsetton54
6Coseley East54
7Spring Vale51
8Gornal40
9Sedgley39
10Merry Hill25
11Penn22

Which road in Lanesfield has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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