Crime Statistics for Lapal, Dudley, Dudley, 2024

There were a total of 112 street level crime incidents in Lapal 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 Lapal, 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	44
Shoplifting	13
Vehicle Crime	12
Public Order	12
Other Theft	8
Criminal Damage Arson	7
Burglary	5
Robbery	5
Anti Social Behaviour	3
Possession Of Weapons	1
Drugs	1
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	112

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 Lapal. 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 Lapal

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

Location	Crime Incidents
California	275
Bartley Green (1.96 miles)	240
Coombeswood (1.39 miles)	176
Haden Cross (1.75 miles)	163
Short Cross (1.39 miles)	158
Lapal	112
Hasbury (1.86 miles)	101
Halesowen (1.86 miles)	101
Illey (1.24 miles)	22
Lower Illey (1.39 miles)	14

Where are the most violent places near Lapal?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
California	114
Bartley Green	106
Haden Cross	79
Coombeswood	68
Short Cross	65
Hasbury	49
Halesowen	49
Lapal	44
Illey	7
Lower Illey	3

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

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 Lapal 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 Lapal compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Bartley Green	74
2	Quinton	62
3	Cradley Heath and Old Hill	57
4	Blackheath	56
5	Old Warley	56
6	Cradley and Wollescote	50
7	Halesowen North	48
8	Belbroughton & Romsley	43
9	Halesowen South	42
10	Belle Vale	34
11	Hayley Green and Cradley South	21

Which road in Lapal has the highest level of crime?

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