Crime Statistics for Betton Strange, Berrington, Shropshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Betton Strange in September 2024. There were a total of 18 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 Betton Strange, 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	6
Shoplifting	5
Anti Social Behaviour	3
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Public Order	1
Other Theft	1
All Crime	18

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 Betton Strange. 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 Betton Strange

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Cherry Orchard (1.96 miles)	307
Shrewsbury (1.96 miles)	307
Belle Vue (1.39 miles)	107
Betton Strange	18
Emstrey (1.39 miles)	14
Bayston Hill (1.96 miles)	8
Berrington (2.22 miles)	7
Atcham (2.48 miles)	5
Hookagate (2.48 miles)	3
Condover (1.96 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Betton Strange?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Cherry Orchard	106
Shrewsbury	106
Belle Vue	35
Betton Strange	6
Emstrey	6
Berrington	5
Atcham	3
Bayston Hill	2
Hookagate	2
Condover	1

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

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 Betton Strange 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 Betton Strange compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Betton Strange and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Betton Strange is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Quarry and Coton Hill	58
2	Underdale	35
3	Meole	34
4	Monkmoor	31
5	Belle Vue	31
6	Porthill	28
7	Abbey	23
8	Radbrook	22
9	Bayston Hill, Column and Sutton	16
10	Severn Valley	13
11	Burnell	4

Which road in Betton Strange has the highest level of crime?

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