Crime Statistics for Fallings Heath, Walsall, Walsall, 2024

Crime statistics for Fallings Heath, Walsall

There were a total of 332 street level crime incidents in Fallings Heath 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 Fallings Heath, 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 Crime116
Vehicle Crime41
Shoplifting37
Other Theft29
Anti Social Behaviour28
Public Order27
Criminal Damage Arson17
Burglary15
Robbery6
Drugs6
Other Crime5
Possession Of Weapons3
Theft From The Person2
All Crime332

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 Fallings Heath. 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 Fallings Heath

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Wednesbury Oak (1.75 miles)333
Fallings Heath332
Bentley (1.24 miles)303
Stone Cross (1.75 miles)285
Friar Park (1.75 miles)285
Hall Green (1.75 miles)285
Bescot279
Pleck (0.88 miles)278
Church Hill (0.62 miles)247
Wednesbury (0.62 miles)247

13.88%
of Wednesbury North residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Fallings Heath?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Wednesbury Oak165
Bentley144
Stone Cross136
Friar Park136
Hall Green136
Bescot126
Pleck124
Fallings Heath116
Church Hill97
Wednesbury97

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

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 Fallings Heath 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 Fallings Heath compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Bilston East82
2Pleck77
3Willenhall South73
4Hateley Heath73
5Bentley and Darlaston North70
6Bilston North68
7Princes End67
8Darlaston South64
9Wednesbury South63
10Wednesbury North62
11Friar Park55

Which road in Fallings Heath has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: February 2024
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