Crime Statistics for Caldmore, Walsall, Walsall, 2024

Crime statistics for Caldmore, Walsall

There were a total of 417 street level crime incidents in Caldmore in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Caldmore, 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 Crime162
Shoplifting36
Vehicle Crime33
Anti Social Behaviour33
Criminal Damage Arson29
Other Theft27
Burglary25
Public Order20
Robbery15
Drugs10
Other Crime9
Theft From The Person8
Possession Of Weapons7
Bicycle Theft3
All Crime417

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 Caldmore. 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 Caldmore

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Walsall671
Birchills (1.39 miles)567
The Chuckery (0.88 miles)499
Coal Pool (1.86 miles)496
Palfrey417
Caldmore417
Fallings Heath (1.96 miles)390
Bescot (0.88 miles)341
Pleck337
The Delves (0.62 miles)260

35.08%
of Pleck residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Caldmore?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Walsall262
Birchills219
Coal Pool172
The Chuckery170
Palfrey162
Caldmore162
Bescot143
Fallings Heath141
Pleck129
The Delves125

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

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 Caldmore 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 Caldmore compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Blakenall83
2Pleck77
3St Matthew's76
4Willenhall South73
5Bentley and Darlaston North70
6Charlemont with Grove Vale63
7Wednesbury North62
8Palfrey59
9Friar Park55
10Paddock40
11Aldridge Central and South25

Which road in Caldmore has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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