Crime Statistics for Netherton, Dudley, Dudley, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Netherton in July 2024. There were a total of 444 incidents. 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 Netherton, 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	208
Criminal Damage Arson	52
Public Order	32
Anti Social Behaviour	28
Vehicle Crime	28
Other Theft	20
Burglary	20
Shoplifting	18
Other Crime	16
Robbery	10
Possession Of Weapons	8
Drugs	4
All Crime	444

Map of street level crime incidents in July 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Round Oak (1.39 miles)	622
Bowling Green (1.24 miles)	534
Netherton	424
Hart’s Hill (1.24 miles)	407
Tansley Hill (0.88 miles)	380
Rowley Regis (1.39 miles)	336
Dudley Wood (1.24 miles)	281
Oakham (1.39 miles)	245
Springfield (1.24 miles)	216
Baptist End	0

Where are the most violent places near Netherton?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Round Oak	273
Bowling Green	252
Netherton	208
Rowley Regis	204
Hart’s Hill	172
Tansley Hill	161
Dudley Wood	126
Oakham	115
Springfield	107
Baptist End	0

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

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 Netherton 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 Netherton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Netherton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Netherton is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Rowley	67
2	St Thomas's	66
3	Castle and Priory	60
4	Tividale	60
5	Netherton, Woodside and St Andrews	59
6	Brierley Hill	58
7	Brockmoor and Pensnett	58
8	St James's	56
9	Blackheath	56
10	Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood	54
11	Amblecote	39

Which road in Netherton has the highest level of crime?

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