Crime Statistics for Bilston, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, 2024

Crime statistics for Bilston, Wolverhampton

There were a total of 369 street level crime incidents in Bilston 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 Bilston, 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 Crime156
Vehicle Crime36
Criminal Damage Arson30
Anti Social Behaviour28
Other Theft24
Public Order23
Shoplifting19
Burglary17
Other Crime10
Robbery8
Possession Of Weapons8
Bicycle Theft4
Theft From The Person3
Drugs3
All Crime369

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 Bilston. 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 Bilston

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Moseley (0.88 miles)449
Lower Bradley (1.39 miles)398
Stow Lawn369
Bilston369
Portobello (0.88 miles)351
Monmore Green (0.62 miles)326
Ettingshall (0.88 miles)274
Parkfield (1.39 miles)240
Ettingshall Park (1.75 miles)218
Lanesfield (1.75 miles)218

19.07%
of Bilston North residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Bilston?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Moseley161
Stow Lawn156
Bilston156
Monmore Green142
Lower Bradley141
Portobello139
Ettingshall127
Parkfield117
Ettingshall Park101
Lanesfield101

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

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 Bilston 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 Bilston compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bilston and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bilston is ranked #4.

#WardScore
1Bilston East82
2East Park73
3St Peter's72
4Bilston North68
5Graiseley65
6Heath Town65
7Darlaston South64
8Ettingshall64
9Blakenhall63
10Wednesfield South52
11Spring Vale51

Which road in Bilston has the highest level of crime?

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

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