Crime Statistics for Critchill, Mendip, Somerset, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Critchill in September 2024. There were a total of 69 incidents. 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 Critchill, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	26
Shoplifting	12
Public Order	10
Anti Social Behaviour	8
Vehicle Crime	4
Other Crime	3
Burglary	3
Other Theft	2
Criminal Damage Arson	1
All Crime	69

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Critchill. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

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 Critchill

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Fromefield (1.39 miles)	226
Keyford (0.62 miles)	176
Innox Hill (1.39 miles)	163
Critchill	69
Spring Gardens (1.24 miles)	62
Little Keyford (0.88 miles)	43
Marston Gate (0.62 miles)	12
Hapsford (1.39 miles)	4
Egford (0.88 miles)	1
Tytherington (1.24 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Critchill?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Fromefield	87
Keyford	64
Innox Hill	55
Critchill	26
Little Keyford	23
Spring Gardens	21
Marston Gate	8
Hapsford	2
Egford	0
Tytherington	0

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

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 Critchill 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 Critchill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Critchill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Critchill have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is .

#	Ward	Score
1	Frome Oakfield	69
2	Frome Market	69
3	Frome Keyford	62
4	Frome Park	57
5	Beckington and Selwood	43
6	Ammerdown	33
7	Ethandune	32
8	Frome College	32
9	Rode and Norton St Philip	32
10	Frome Berkley Down	29

Which road in Critchill has the highest level of crime?

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