Crime Statistics for Hamstead, Sandwell, Sandwell, 2024

There were a total of 186 street level crime incidents in Hamstead in February 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 Hamstead, 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	77
Shoplifting	25
Vehicle Crime	15
Anti Social Behaviour	14
Criminal Damage Arson	14
Public Order	11
Other Theft	9
Burglary	7
Drugs	5
Possession Of Weapons	3
Other Crime	3
Robbery	2
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	186

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 Hamstead. 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 Hamstead

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Handsworth Wood (1.96 miles)	734
Tame (1.9 miles)	602
Brown’s Green (1.24 miles)	418
Churchfield (1.96 miles)	325
Tower Hill (0.88 miles)	251
Tame Valley Canal (0.98 miles)	246
Charlemont (1.86 miles)	205
Hamstead	186
Great Barr (0.62 miles)	173
Newton	77

Where are the most violent places near Hamstead?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Handsworth Wood	356
Tame	290
Brown’s Green	199
Tower Hill	128
Tame Valley Canal	115
Churchfield	114
Charlemont	92
Hamstead	77
Great Barr	77
Newton	39

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

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 Hamstead 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 Hamstead compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Hamstead and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Hamstead is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Handsworth	83
2	Holyhead	76
3	West Bromwich Central	74
4	Kingstanding	67
5	Handsworth Wood	66
6	Charlemont with Grove Vale	63
7	St Pauls	54
8	Newton	53
9	Great Barr with Yew Tree	50
10	Oscott	49
11	Paddock	40

Which road in Hamstead has the highest level of crime?

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