Crime Statistics for Churchfield, Sandwell, Sandwell, 2024

Crime statistics for Churchfield, Sandwell

There were a total of 387 street level crime incidents in Churchfield in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Churchfield, 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 Crime159
Other Theft41
Shoplifting31
Vehicle Crime26
Criminal Damage Arson24
Burglary23
Public Order22
Anti Social Behaviour18
Drugs15
Robbery12
Possession Of Weapons7
Theft From The Person5
Bicycle Theft2
Other Crime2
All Crime387

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 Churchfield. 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 Churchfield

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Lambert’s End (1.39 miles)406
Black Lake402
Mayer’s Green389
Churchfield387
Balls Hill (1.39 miles)307
Stone Cross (1.39 miles)283
Friar Park (1.39 miles)283
Hall Green (1.39 miles)283
Charlemont256
Newton (1.39 miles)80

24.31%
of Hateley Heath residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Churchfield?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Mayer’s Green172
Churchfield159
Lambert’s End154
Black Lake151
Stone Cross128
Friar Park128
Hall Green128
Charlemont122
Balls Hill117
Newton35

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

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 Churchfield 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 Churchfield compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Churchfield and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Churchfield is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1Holyhead76
2West Bromwich Central74
3Hateley Heath73
4Greets Green and Lyng69
5Great Bridge69
6Handsworth Wood66
7Wednesbury South63
8Charlemont with Grove Vale63
9Oldbury54
10St Pauls54
11Smethwick52

Which road in Churchfield has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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