Crime Statistics for Ribbesford, Wyre Forest, Worcestershire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Ribbesford in September 2024. There were a total of 43 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Ribbesford, 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	12
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Burglary	6
Anti Social Behaviour	5
Vehicle Crime	4
Other Theft	4
Public Order	2
Drugs	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
All Crime	43

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 Ribbesford. 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 Ribbesford

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Burlish Park (1.76 miles)	129
Catchems End (0.88 miles)	51
Bewdley (0.62 miles)	33
Blackstone (0.62 miles)	33
Ribbesford	28
Hales Park (0.88 miles)	18
Dowles (1.39 miles)	16
Dowles Brook (1.8 miles)	6
Long Bank (1.24 miles)	5
Park End (1.39 miles)	5

Where are the most violent places near Ribbesford?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Burlish Park	50
Catchems End	19
Ribbesford	12
Bewdley	11
Blackstone	9
Hales Park	7
Dowles	3
Long Bank	2
Park End	2
Dowles Brook	0

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

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 Ribbesford 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 Ribbesford compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Foley Park & Hoobrook	66
2	Blakebrook & Habberley South	65
3	Areley Kings & Riverside	55
4	Mitton	51
5	Wribbenhall & Arley	49
6	Franche & Habberley North	33
7	Bewdley & Rock	32
8	Baldwin	31
9	Woodbury	13
10	Cleobury Mortimer	12

Which road in Ribbesford has the highest level of crime?

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