Crime Statistics for Haden Cross, Sandwell, Sandwell, 2024

Crime statistics for Haden Cross, Sandwell

There were a total of 175 street level crime incidents in Haden Cross in January 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 Haden Cross, 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 Crime90
Vehicle Crime15
Public Order14
Other Theft13
Anti Social Behaviour11
Criminal Damage Arson10
Burglary8
Shoplifting4
Possession Of Weapons3
Drugs3
Other Crime2
Robbery2
All Crime175

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 Haden Cross. 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 Haden Cross

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Rowley Regis (1.24 miles)247
Blackheath (0.88 miles)202
Dudley Wood (1.39 miles)195
Bowling Green (1.39 miles)195
Haden Cross175
Short Cross (0.62 miles)158
Belle Vale (0.88 miles)153
Coombeswood (0.62 miles)153
Cradley Heath (1.24 miles)149
Cradley (1.39 miles)106

10.33%
of Cradley Heath and Old Hill residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Haden Cross?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Rowley Regis112
Blackheath95
Haden Cross90
Dudley Wood88
Bowling Green88
Short Cross82
Belle Vale78
Coombeswood78
Cradley Heath75
Cradley47

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

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 Haden Cross 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 Haden Cross compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Haden Cross and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Haden Cross is ranked #4.

#WardScore
1Rowley67
2Langley65
3Netherton, Woodside and St Andrews59
4Cradley Heath and Old Hill57
5Blackheath56
6Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood54
7Cradley and Wollescote50
8Halesowen North48
9Halesowen South42
10Belle Vale34
11Hayley Green and Cradley South21

Which road in Haden Cross has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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