Crime Statistics for Shropshire Union Canal, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, 2024

Crime statistics for Shropshire Union Canal, Wolverhampton

There were a total of 538 street level crime incidents in Shropshire Union Canal 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 Shropshire Union Canal, 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 Crime228
Vehicle Crime47
Shoplifting46
Criminal Damage Arson43
Other Theft37
Public Order33
Burglary24
Anti Social Behaviour21
Drugs18
Possession Of Weapons13
Other Crime9
Theft From The Person8
Robbery7
Bicycle Theft4
All Crime538

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 Shropshire Union Canal. 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 Shropshire Union Canal

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Springfield (0.65 miles)768
Heath Town (1.02 miles)691
Park Village (0.81 miles)636
Shropshire Union Canal538
Old Fallings (1.02 miles)464
Newbolds (1.43 miles)418
Dunstall Hill (0.43 miles)338
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (0.62 miles)311
Newbridge (1.22 miles)244
Claregate (1.22 miles)138

31.27%
of Park (Wolverhampton) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Shropshire Union Canal?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Springfield297
Heath Town245
Park Village239
Shropshire Union Canal228
Dunstall Hill161
Old Fallings155
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal153
Newbolds145
Newbridge105
Claregate58

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Shropshire Union Canal?

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 Shropshire Union Canal 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 Shropshire Union Canal compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1St Peter's72
2Graiseley65
3Heath Town65
4Bushbury South and Low Hill64
5Ettingshall64
6Blakenhall63
7Park62
8Fallings Park54
9Bushbury North36
10Oxley30
11Tettenhall Regis28

Which road in Shropshire Union Canal has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Shropshire Union Canal with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Douglas Turner Way.

Last updated: January 2024
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