Crime Statistics for Blists Hill, The Lloyds, Shropshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Blists Hill in October 2024. There were a total of 80 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Blists Hill, 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	36
Anti Social Behaviour	20
Criminal Damage Arson	8
Vehicle Crime	3
Public Order	3
Shoplifting	3
Other Theft	2
Burglary	2
Bicycle Theft	1
Drugs	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	80

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Blists Hill. 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 Blists Hill

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Brookside (1.24 miles)	213
Madeley (0.62 miles)	170
Halesfield (1.39 miles)	165
Tweedale (0.88 miles)	144
Blists Hill	80
Ironbridge (1.24 miles)	76
Ladywood (1.24 miles)	68
Madeleywood (1.24 miles)	46
Jackfield (0.88 miles)	27
Coalport (0.62 miles)	23

Where are the most violent places near Blists Hill?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Brookside	93
Halesfield	93
Madeley	79
Tweedale	66
Blists Hill	36
Ladywood	36
Ironbridge	33
Madeleywood	18
Jackfield	12
Coalport	8

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

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 Blists Hill 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 Blists Hill compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Woodside	94
2	Brookside	90
3	Malinslee & Dawley Bank	84
4	Madeley & Sutton Hill	73
5	The Nedge	66
6	Dawley & Aqueduct	66
7	Ironbridge Gorge	52
8	Horsehay & Lightmoor	42
9	Broseley	33
10	Worfield	32
11	Much Wenlock	28

Which road in Blists Hill has the highest level of crime?

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