Crime Statistics for Bescot, Walsall, Sandwell, 2024

There were a total of 279 street level crime incidents in Bescot 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 Bescot, 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	126
Vehicle Crime	30
Criminal Damage Arson	22
Anti Social Behaviour	21
Shoplifting	15
Burglary	14
Public Order	13
Other Theft	11
Robbery	9
Possession Of Weapons	6
Drugs	6
Other Crime	4
Bicycle Theft	2
All Crime	279

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 Bescot. 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 Bescot

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Palfrey (0.88 miles)	389
Caldmore (0.88 miles)	389
Fallings Heath	332
Stone Cross	285
Friar Park	285
Hall Green	285
Bescot	279
Pleck (0.88 miles)	278
Church Hill (1.39 miles)	247
The Delves	236

Where are the most violent places near Bescot?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Palfrey	175
Caldmore	175
Stone Cross	136
Friar Park	136
Hall Green	136
Bescot	126
Pleck	124
The Delves	121
Fallings Heath	116
Church Hill	97

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

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 Bescot 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 Bescot compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bescot and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Bescot have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Pleck.

#	Ward	Score
1	Pleck	77
2	St Matthew's	76
3	Willenhall South	73
4	Hateley Heath	73
5	Bentley and Darlaston North	70
6	Princes End	67
7	Darlaston South	64
8	Wednesbury South	63
9	Wednesbury North	62
10	Palfrey	59
11	Friar Park	55

Which road in Bescot has the highest level of crime?

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