Crime Statistics for Londonderry, Sandwell, Sandwell, 2024

Crime statistics for Londonderry, Sandwell

There were a total of 290 street level crime incidents in Londonderry 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 Londonderry, 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 Crime129
Vehicle Crime37
Burglary33
Criminal Damage Arson22
Anti Social Behaviour17
Public Order13
Other Theft12
Robbery11
Drugs7
Shoplifting5
Other Crime3
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime290

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 Londonderry. 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 Londonderry

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Bearwood (1.39 miles)330
Warley Woods (0.88 miles)325
Causeway Green (0.62 miles)307
Langley Green (0.62 miles)307
Langley (0.88 miles)301
Tat Bank (1.39 miles)300
Londonderry290
Oldbury (1.39 miles)282
Beech Lanes (1.39 miles)246
Bristnall Fields (0.88 miles)229

17.97%
of Bristnall residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Londonderry?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Londonderry129
Causeway Green126
Langley Green126
Langley116
Bearwood114
Oldbury107
Warley Woods106
Tat Bank101
Bristnall Fields92
Beech Lanes87

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

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 Londonderry 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 Londonderry compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Londonderry and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Londonderry is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Langley65
2Soho and Victoria63
3Quinton62
4Cradley Heath and Old Hill57
5Old Warley56
6Abbey55
7Bristnall54
8Oldbury54
9Smethwick52
10Halesowen North48
11Belle Vale34

Which road in Londonderry has the highest level of crime?

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