Crime Statistics for Dudley’s Fields, Walsall, Walsall, 2024

There were a total of 220 street level crime incidents in Dudley’s Fields 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 Dudley’s Fields, 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	96
Vehicle Crime	20
Anti Social Behaviour	19
Criminal Damage Arson	18
Other Theft	15
Shoplifting	13
Public Order	13
Burglary	11
Other Crime	7
Possession Of Weapons	2
Robbery	2
Bicycle Theft	2
Theft From The Person	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	220

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 Dudley’s Fields. 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 Dudley’s Fields

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Birchills (1.75 miles)	514
Blakenall Heath (1.24 miles)	410
Lane Head (0.88 miles)	315
Short Heath (0.88 miles)	315
Wallington Heath (0.88 miles)	311
Bloxwich (0.88 miles)	307
New Invention	238
Leamore (0.88 miles)	223
Dudley’s Fields	220
Ashmore Park (1.24 miles)	172

Where are the most violent places near Dudley’s Fields?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Birchills	198
Blakenall Heath	149
Lane Head	115
Short Heath	115
Wallington Heath	115
Bloxwich	104
Leamore	104
Dudley’s Fields	96
New Invention	93
Ashmore Park	74

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Dudley’s Fields?

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 Dudley’s Fields 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 Dudley’s Fields compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Dudley’s Fields and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Dudley’s Fields is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Blakenall	83
2	Bilston East	82
3	Bloxwich East	74
4	Willenhall South	73
5	Short Heath	69
6	Birchills Leamore	69
7	Bilston North	68
8	Essington	65
9	Bloxwich West	60
10	Willenhall North	58
11	Wednesfield North	43

Which road in Dudley’s Fields has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Dudley’s Fields with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Stroud Avenue.