Crime Statistics for Round Oak, Dudley, Dudley, 2024

Crime statistics for Round Oak, Dudley

There were a total of 311 street level crime incidents in Round Oak in January 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 Round Oak, 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 Crime116
Shoplifting73
Vehicle Crime29
Criminal Damage Arson17
Public Order13
Anti Social Behaviour12
Other Theft11
Burglary9
Drugs8
Robbery8
Other Crime6
Possession Of Weapons4
Theft From The Person3
Bicycle Theft2
All Crime311

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 Round Oak. 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 Round Oak

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Hart’s Hill (0.62 miles)338
Round Oak311
Brockmoor (0.62 miles)294
Stour (0.39 miles)273
Brierley Hill (0.62 miles)263
Silver End (0.88 miles)258
Russells Hall (1.24 miles)234
Stour Bridge Canal (1.25 miles)217
Baptist End (1.39 miles)197
Bromley (1.39 miles)190

3.85%
of Amblecote residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Round Oak?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Hart’s Hill122
Round Oak116
Brockmoor113
Silver End110
Russells Hall102
Brierley Hill93
Stour91
Stour Bridge Canal90
Baptist End87
Bromley81

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

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 Round Oak 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 Round Oak compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Netherton, Woodside and St Andrews59
2Brierley Hill58
3Brockmoor and Pensnett58
4Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood54
5Lye and Stourbridge North50
6Cradley and Wollescote50
7Wollaston and Stourbridge Town50
8Pedmore and Stourbridge East40
9Amblecote39
10Wordsley26
11Kingswinford South20

Which road in Round Oak has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Round Oak 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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