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Knife Crime Broken Down By LPU, Neighbourhood and Sector for , , and For 2013, 2014, 2015 And Upto July 2016

LPU, Neighbourhood, Sector Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 Grand Total DUDLEY LPU Brockmoor and 2 5 7 3 17 Castle and Priory 7 7 9 5 28 East 5 10 6 5 26 Gornal 1 3 1 5 North and 1 2 3 Kingswinford South 1 1 Netherton, Woodside and St. Andrews 10 8 8 7 33 3 3 1 7 St. James's 4 12 17 3 36 St. Thomas's 3 9 13 7 32 Upper Gornal and Woodsetton 1 3 1 1 6 Dudley North Total 36 58 68 32 194 Amblecote 1 2 3 6 Belle Vale 2 6 3 3 14 9 7 10 10 36 Cradley and Wollescote 1 1 4 1 7 North 6 6 4 3 19 Halesowen South 3 6 4 1 14 Hayley Green and Cradley South 1 1 Lye and North 5 4 3 5 17 Norton 1 4 4 9 Pedmore and Stourbridge East 2 3 2 7 and Dudley Wood 3 5 1 1 10 Wollaston and Stourbridge Town 3 2 3 1 9 2 1 2 3 8 Dudley South Total 36 44 43 34 157 Dudley Total 72 102 111 66 351

SANDWELL LPU Charlemont with Grove Vale 5 3 17 1 26 Friar Park 4 3 6 3 16 Great Barr with Yew Tree 5 4 13 4 26 Great Bridge 4 9 15 9 37 Greets Green and Lyng 5 10 8 9 32 Hateley Heath 5 7 5 2 19 Newton 4 7 8 6 25 Princes End 9 7 14 6 36 Green 5 9 7 7 28 North 6 9 5 2 22 Wednesbury South 8 4 2 4 18 Central 17 15 20 14 66 Sandwell North Total 77 87 120 67 351

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Abbey 10 6 15 5 36 Blackheath 5 11 7 4 27 Bristnall 3 3 12 3 21 and Old Hill 5 4 7 5 21 Langley 4 10 6 4 24 Old Warley 2 13 5 4 24 Oldbury 8 6 5 5 24 Rowley 7 2 2 1 12 13 9 12 4 38 Soho and Victoria 18 16 29 18 81 St. Pauls 9 4 22 15 50 1 11 1 13 Sandwell South Total 85 84 133 69 371 Sandwell Total 162 171 253 136 722

WALSALL LPU Birchills Leamore 9 6 3 8 26 Blakenall 6 7 5 6 24 East 6 5 5 3 19 Bloxwich West 3 10 4 5 22 Paddock 3 9 4 16 Palfrey 6 4 11 6 27 Pleck 10 10 10 5 35 St Matthews 14 18 24 15 71 Walsall Central Total 57 60 71 52 240 Central and South 2 3 2 1 8 Aldridge North and Walsall Wood 2 1 1 2 6 4 3 8 2 17 Pelsall 5 4 9 Pheasey Park Farm 2 1 3 Rushall Shelfield 3 3 1 1 8 Streetly 1 1 1 1 4 Walsall East Total 17 11 19 8 55 Bentley and North 6 5 6 5 22 Darlaston South 10 6 5 2 23 Short Heath 5 4 4 13 North 7 4 4 1 16 Willenhall South 10 11 9 8 38 Walsall West Total 33 31 28 20 112 Walsall Total 107 102 118 80 407

WOLVERHAMPTON LPU Wolverhampton City Centre 8 13 17 7 45 Wolverhampton City Centre Total 8 13 17 7 45 East 12 9 7 9 37 Bilston North 6 2 7 7 22 Blakenhall 9 6 10 5 30 Bushbury North 5 4 5 2 16 Bushbury South and Low Hill 6 6 9 2 23 East Park 14 11 16 3 44

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Ettingshall 8 5 18 7 38 Fallings Park 2 7 5 1 15 Graiseley 6 8 9 4 27 Heath Town 23 13 11 11 58 Merry Hill 7 4 6 1 18 Oxley 3 3 6 10 22 Park 9 7 10 10 36 Penn 2 4 4 1 11 Spring Vale 3 1 3 7 St. Peter's 13 19 15 12 59 Tettenhall Regis 1 6 2 9 Tettenhall Wightwick 1 2 2 5 North 1 2 3 1 7 Wednesfield South 8 4 2 3 17 Wolverhampton Outer Total 138 122 147 94 501 Wolverhampton Total 146 135 164 101 546 GRAND TOTAL 487 510 646 383 2026

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