Crime Statistics for Bourne Vale, Walsall, Walsall, 2024

There were a total of 26 street level crime incidents in Bourne Vale 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 Bourne Vale, 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	12
Vehicle Crime	4
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Other Crime	2
Public Order	2
Burglary	1
Drugs	1
Other Theft	1
All Crime	26

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 Bourne Vale. 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 Bourne Vale

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

Location	Crime Incidents
The Chuckery (2.55 miles)	499
Rushall (2.24 miles)	118
Aldridge (0.88 miles)	69
Barr Common (0.62 miles)	40
Four Oaks (2.48 miles)	38
Mill Green (1.39 miles)	33
Bourne Vale	26
Black Brook (0.77 miles)	26
Streetly (1.96 miles)	18
Little Aston (1.96 miles)	11

Where are the most violent places near Bourne Vale?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
The Chuckery	170
Rushall	40
Mill Green	15
Aldridge	14
Barr Common	14
Bourne Vale	12
Four Oaks	10
Black Brook	9
Streetly	7
Little Aston	3

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

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 Bourne Vale 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 Bourne Vale compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bourne Vale and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bourne Vale is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	St Matthew's	76
2	Palfrey	59
3	Great Barr with Yew Tree	50
4	Oscott	49
5	Rushall-Shelfield	47
6	Paddock	40
7	Pheasey Park Farm	28
8	Aldridge Central and South	25
9	Little Aston & Stonnall	20
10	Streetly	15
11	Sutton Four Oaks	13

Which road in Bourne Vale has the highest level of crime?

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