Crime Statistics for Penn, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, 2024

Crime statistics for Penn, Wolverhampton

There were a total of 141 street level crime incidents in Penn 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 Penn, 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 Crime79
Vehicle Crime12
Burglary12
Other Theft10
Criminal Damage Arson6
Other Crime5
Public Order4
Anti Social Behaviour4
Robbery3
Drugs2
Shoplifting2
Possession Of Weapons2
All Crime141

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 Penn. 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 Penn

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Blakenhall (1.39 miles)439
Newbridge (1.86 miles)244
Parkfield (1.86 miles)240
Penn141
Compton (1.39 miles)104
Colton Hills (0.88 miles)66
Castlecroft (1.39 miles)60
Spring Hill (0.88 miles)52
Lower Penn (1.39 miles)24
Gospel End Village (1.86 miles)16

11.13%
of Merry Hill residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Penn?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Blakenhall175
Parkfield117
Newbridge105
Penn79
Compton49
Colton Hills38
Castlecroft33
Spring Hill29
Lower Penn10
Gospel End Village8

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

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 Penn 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 Penn compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1St Peter's72
2Graiseley65
3Himley and Swindon64
4Ettingshall64
5Blakenhall63
6Park62
7Wombourne North and Lower Penn29
8Merry Hill25
9Penn22
10Wombourne South East18
11Tettenhall Wightwick18

Which road in Penn has the highest level of crime?

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

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