Crime Statistics for Stone Cross, Sandwell, Sandwell, 2024

Crime statistics for Stone Cross, Sandwell

There were a total of 283 street level crime incidents in Stone 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 Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Stone 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 Crime128
Burglary33
Public Order21
Criminal Damage Arson21
Anti Social Behaviour19
Vehicle Crime13
Drugs12
Other Theft10
Other Crime9
Robbery9
Possession Of Weapons6
Shoplifting2
All Crime283

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 Stone 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 Stone Cross

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Black Lake (1.39 miles)402
Bescot341
Balls Hill (0.88 miles)307
Stone Cross283
Friar Park283
Hall Green283
Church Hill (1.39 miles)271
Wednesbury (1.39 miles)271
Harvills Hawthorn (1.39 miles)269
Charlemont (0.88 miles)256

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



Where are the most violent places near Stone Cross?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Black Lake151
Bescot143
Stone Cross128
Friar Park128
Hall Green128
Charlemont122
Balls Hill117
Church Hill111
Wednesbury111
Harvills Hawthorn105

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Stone 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 Stone 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 Stone Cross compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Stone Cross and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Stone Cross is ranked #2.

#WardScore
1Pleck77
2Hateley Heath73
3Bentley and Darlaston North70
4Greets Green and Lyng69
5Great Bridge69
6Princes End67
7Darlaston South64
8Wednesbury South63
9Charlemont with Grove Vale63
10Wednesbury North62
11Friar Park55

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

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

Last updated: January 2024
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