Crime Statistics for Pleck, Walsall, Walsall, 2024

There were a total of 278 street level crime incidents in Pleck 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 Pleck, 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	124
Vehicle Crime	48
Public Order	26
Shoplifting	19
Other Theft	15
Criminal Damage Arson	15
Anti Social Behaviour	12
Burglary	8
Robbery	6
Other Crime	3
Drugs	2
All Crime	278

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 Pleck. 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 Pleck

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Walsall (1.39 miles)	671
Palfrey	389
Caldmore	389
Fallings Heath (0.88 miles)	332
Bentley (0.88 miles)	303
Bescot (0.88 miles)	279
Pleck	278
Wednesbury (1.39 miles)	271
The Delves (1.39 miles)	260
Church Hill (1.39 miles)	247

Where are the most violent places near Pleck?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Walsall	262
Palfrey	175
Caldmore	175
Bentley	144
Bescot	126
The Delves	125
Pleck	124
Fallings Heath	116
Wednesbury	111
Church Hill	97

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

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 Pleck 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 Pleck compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Bilston East	82
2	Pleck	77
3	St Matthew's	76
4	Willenhall South	73
5	Bentley and Darlaston North	70
6	Short Heath	69
7	Bilston North	68
8	Darlaston South	64
9	Wednesbury North	62
10	Palfrey	59
11	Friar Park	55

Which road in Pleck has the highest level of crime?

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