Crime Statistics for Warley Woods, Sandwell, Sandwell, 2024

There were a total of 288 street level crime incidents in Warley Woods in February 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 Warley Woods, 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	120
Vehicle Crime	33
Anti Social Behaviour	23
Other Theft	22
Criminal Damage Arson	22
Burglary	21
Public Order	19
Shoplifting	9
Other Crime	6
Robbery	5
Possession Of Weapons	5
Drugs	2
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	288

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 Warley Woods. 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 Warley Woods

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Langley (1.76 miles)	338
Causeway Green (1.39 miles)	306
Langley Green (1.39 miles)	306
Bearwood	293
Warley Woods	288
Harborne (1.39 miles)	282
Londonderry (0.88 miles)	279
California (1.86 miles)	275
Beech Lanes	244
Bristnall Fields	210

Where are the most violent places near Warley Woods?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Langley	135
Bearwood	134
Londonderry	128
Causeway Green	122
Langley Green	122
Warley Woods	120
California	114
Harborne	110
Beech Lanes	93
Bristnall Fields	77

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

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 Warley Woods 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 Warley Woods compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Warley Woods and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Warley Woods is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	North Edgbaston	75
2	Langley	65
3	Soho and Victoria	63
4	Harborne	62
5	Quinton	62
6	Old Warley	56
7	Abbey	55
8	Bristnall	54
9	Oldbury	54
10	Smethwick	52
11	Halesowen South	42

Which road in Warley Woods has the highest level of crime?

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