Crime Statistics for Oakham, Sandwell, Sandwell, 2024

There were a total of 202 street level crime incidents in Oakham in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Oakham, 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	108
Criminal Damage Arson	20
Vehicle Crime	15
Anti Social Behaviour	12
Public Order	10
Other Crime	10
Burglary	9
Shoplifting	5
Other Theft	5
Drugs	5
Possession Of Weapons	2
Robbery	1
All Crime	202

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 Oakham. 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 Oakham

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Kates Hill (0.88 miles)	363
Burnt Tree (0.88 miles)	363
Round’s Green (1.24 miles)	304
Dudley Port (1.24 miles)	294
Tansley Hill (0.62 miles)	273
Tividale (0.62 miles)	271
Rowley Regis (1.24 miles)	268
Portway (0.88 miles)	261
Oakham	202
Springfield (0.62 miles)	186

Where are the most violent places near Oakham?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Kates Hill	160
Burnt Tree	160
Rowley Regis	129
Tansley Hill	128
Dudley Port	127
Tividale	121
Round’s Green	120
Portway	115
Oakham	108
Springfield	91

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

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 Oakham 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 Oakham compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Tipton Green	69
2	Greets Green and Lyng	69
3	Rowley	67
4	St Thomas's	66
5	Langley	65
6	Castle and Priory	60
7	Tividale	60
8	Netherton, Woodside and St Andrews	59
9	St James's	56
10	Blackheath	56
11	Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood	54

Which road in Oakham has the highest level of crime?

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