Crime Statistics for Shire Oak, Walsall, Walsall, 2024

There were a total of 142 street level crime incidents in Shire Oak in March 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 Shire Oak, 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	55
Shoplifting	21
Public Order	15
Anti Social Behaviour	12
Criminal Damage Arson	11
Vehicle Crime	9
Other Theft	7
Burglary	4
Other Crime	4
Drugs	3
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	142

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Shire Oak. 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 Shire Oak

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Catshill (0.62 miles)	161
Shire Oak	142
Brownhills (0.88 miles)	133
Shelfield (1.76 miles)	124
High Heath (1.76 miles)	124
Springhill (0.88 miles)	106
Holly Bank (0.62 miles)	101
Walsall Wood (0.88 miles)	95
Rushall Canal (1.83 miles)	94
Stonnall (1.39 miles)	17

Where are the most violent places near Shire Oak?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Catshill	62
Shire Oak	55
Brownhills	55
Springhill	44
Shelfield	40
High Heath	40
Holly Bank	39
Rushall Canal	34
Walsall Wood	29
Stonnall	5

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

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 Shire Oak 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 Shire Oak compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Blakenall	83
2	Bloxwich East	74
3	Chasetown	55
4	Norton Canes	49
5	Rushall-Shelfield	47
6	Brownhills	46
7	Pelsall	45
8	Aldridge North and Walsall Wood	37
9	Boney Hay & Central	29
10	Aldridge Central and South	25
11	Summerfield & All Saints	22

Which road in Shire Oak has the highest level of crime?

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