Crime Statistics for Holly Bank, Walsall, Walsall, 2024

There were a total of 98 street level crime incidents in Holly Bank 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 Holly Bank, 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	32
Vehicle Crime	18
Criminal Damage Arson	15
Other Theft	7
Public Order	7
Anti Social Behaviour	7
Burglary	4
Robbery	3
Shoplifting	2
Bicycle Theft	1
Other Crime	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	98

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 Holly Bank. 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 Holly Bank

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Catshill (1.24 miles)	130
Shire Oak (0.62 miles)	121
Shelfield (1.39 miles)	120
High Heath (1.39 miles)	120
Brownhills (1.39 miles)	111
Rushall (1.76 miles)	110
Holly Bank	98
Walsall Wood	95
Springhill (1.39 miles)	78
Stonnall (1.24 miles)	18

Where are the most violent places near Holly Bank?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Shelfield	48
High Heath	48
Rushall	45
Shire Oak	43
Catshill	40
Brownhills	35
Springhill	33
Holly Bank	32
Walsall Wood	29
Stonnall	8

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

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 Holly Bank 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 Holly Bank compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Blakenall	83
2	St Matthew's	76
3	Bloxwich East	74
4	Birchills Leamore	69
5	Rushall-Shelfield	47
6	Brownhills	46
7	Pelsall	45
8	Aldridge North and Walsall Wood	37
9	Shenstone	32
10	Aldridge Central and South	25
11	Little Aston & Stonnall	20

Which road in Holly Bank has the highest level of crime?

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