Crime Statistics for Shelfield, Walsall, Walsall, 2024

Crime statistics for Shelfield, Walsall

There were a total of 112 street level crime incidents in Shelfield in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Shelfield, 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 Crime40
Shoplifting17
Anti Social Behaviour12
Vehicle Crime11
Criminal Damage Arson10
Burglary10
Public Order4
Drugs3
Other Crime2
Possession Of Weapons2
Robbery1
All Crime112

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 Shelfield. 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 Shelfield

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Harden (1.39 miles)302
Heath End (0.62 miles)216
Goscote (0.88 miles)200
Pelsall Wood (1.39 miles)180
Pelsall (0.88 miles)140
Rushall (0.62 miles)118
Shelfield112
High Heath112
Walsall Wood (0.88 miles)100
Holly Bank (1.39 miles)87

7.14%
of Rushall-Shelfield residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Shelfield?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Harden132
Heath End83
Goscote83
Pelsall Wood68
Pelsall52
Rushall40
Shelfield40
High Heath40
Holly Bank37
Walsall Wood33

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

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 Shelfield 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 Shelfield compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Shelfield and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Shelfield is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Blakenall83
2St Matthew's76
3Bloxwich East74
4Birchills Leamore69
5Essington65
6Bloxwich West60
7Rushall-Shelfield47
8Brownhills46
9Pelsall45
10Aldridge North and Walsall Wood37
11Aldridge Central and South25

Which road in Shelfield has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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