Crime Statistics for Lane Head, Walsall, Walsall, 2024

Crime statistics for Lane Head, Walsall

There were a total of 315 street level crime incidents in Lane Head in January 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 Lane Head, 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 Crime115
Vehicle Crime47
Other Theft35
Criminal Damage Arson25
Anti Social Behaviour23
Shoplifting22
Burglary18
Public Order13
Other Crime7
Drugs4
Robbery3
Possession Of Weapons2
Theft From The Person1
All Crime315

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 Lane Head. 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 Lane Head

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Portobello (1.75 miles)351
Ashmore Lake (0.88 miles)323
Lane Head315
Short Heath315
Bloxwich (1.75 miles)311
Bentley (1.39 miles)303
New Invention238
Dudley’s Fields (0.88 miles)237
Leamore (1.24 miles)223
Ashmore Park (0.88 miles)221

17.15%
of Willenhall South residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Lane Head?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Portobello139
Lane Head115
Short Heath115
Bloxwich115
Bentley115
Ashmore Lake108
Leamore104
Ashmore Park104
Dudley’s Fields100
New Invention93

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

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 Lane Head 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 Lane Head compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Bilston East82
2Willenhall South73
3East Park73
4Bentley and Darlaston North70
5Short Heath69
6Birchills Leamore69
7Bilston North68
8Bloxwich West60
9Willenhall North58
10Wednesfield South52
11Wednesfield North43

Which road in Lane Head has the highest level of crime?

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

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