Crime Statistics for The Chuckery, Walsall, Walsall, 2024

Crime statistics for The Chuckery, Walsall

There were a total of 499 street level crime incidents in The Chuckery 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 The Chuckery, 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 Crime170
Shoplifting64
Vehicle Crime43
Anti Social Behaviour37
Burglary36
Criminal Damage Arson29
Other Theft29
Robbery21
Public Order20
Drugs14
Theft From The Person14
Other Crime9
Possession Of Weapons9
Bicycle Theft4
All Crime499

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 The Chuckery. 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 The Chuckery

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Walsall671
Birchills (1.39 miles)567
The Chuckery499
Coal Pool (1.39 miles)496
Palfrey (0.88 miles)417
Caldmore (0.88 miles)417
Bescot (1.75 miles)341
The Delves (1.39 miles)260
Goscote (1.86 miles)200
Barr Common (1.96 miles)51

28.12%
of St Matthew's (Walsall) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near The Chuckery?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Walsall262
Birchills219
Coal Pool172
The Chuckery170
Palfrey162
Caldmore162
Bescot143
The Delves125
Goscote83
Barr Common19

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

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 The Chuckery 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 The Chuckery compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to The Chuckery and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. The Chuckery is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1Blakenall83
2Pleck77
3St Matthew's76
4Bloxwich East74
5Short Heath69
6Birchills Leamore69
7Charlemont with Grove Vale63
8Palfrey59
9Friar Park55
10Paddock40
11Aldridge Central and South25

Which road in The Chuckery has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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