Crime Statistics for Barr Common, Walsall, Walsall, 2024

There were a total of 40 street level crime incidents in Barr Common 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 Barr Common, 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	14
Vehicle Crime	7
Public Order	4
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Drugs	3
Other Theft	2
Burglary	2
Other Crime	2
Anti Social Behaviour	2
Robbery	1
All Crime	40

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 Barr Common. 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 Barr Common

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

Location	Crime Incidents
The Chuckery (1.96 miles)	476
Goscote (2.24 miles)	235
Shelfield (2.24 miles)	120
High Heath (2.24 miles)	120
Rushall (1.76 miles)	110
Aldridge (0.62 miles)	69
Barr Common	40
Mill Green (1.75 miles)	34
Bourne Vale (0.62 miles)	26
Black Brook (1.38 miles)	26

Where are the most violent places near Barr Common?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
The Chuckery	184
Goscote	102
Shelfield	48
High Heath	48
Rushall	45
Aldridge	14
Barr Common	14
Bourne Vale	12
Black Brook	9
Mill Green	7

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

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 Barr Common 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 Barr Common compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Barr Common and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Barr Common is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Blakenall	83
2	Pleck	77
3	St Matthew's	76
4	Palfrey	59
5	Great Barr with Yew Tree	50
6	Rushall-Shelfield	47
7	Paddock	40
8	Pheasey Park Farm	28
9	Aldridge Central and South	25
10	Little Aston & Stonnall	20
11	Streetly	15

Which road in Barr Common has the highest level of crime?

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