Crime Statistics for Ketley Bank, Telford, Shropshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Ketley Bank in September 2024. There were a total of 336 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 Ketley Bank, 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	101
Shoplifting	87
Anti Social Behaviour	45
Public Order	28
Criminal Damage Arson	22
Other Theft	15
Drugs	12
Other Crime	7
Possession Of Weapons	7
Bicycle Theft	3
Vehicle Crime	3
Burglary	2
Theft From The Person	2
Robbery	2
All Crime	336

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 Ketley Bank. 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 Ketley Bank

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Town Park (1.24 miles)	506
Ketley Bank	312
Hollinswood (0.88 miles)	259
Town Centre (1.24 miles)	253
Malinslee (1.24 miles)	253
Telford (0.62 miles)	250
Oakengates (0.88 miles)	243
Donnington Wood (1.39 miles)	177
Red Lake (0.62 miles)	155
Ketley (1.24 miles)	99

Where are the most violent places near Ketley Bank?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Town Park	280
Ketley Bank	101
Oakengates	100
Hollinswood	82
Telford	78
Donnington Wood	77
Town Centre	70
Malinslee	70
Red Lake	63
Ketley	43

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

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 Ketley Bank 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 Ketley Bank compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Malinslee & Dawley Bank	84
2	Arleston	74
3	The Nedge	66
4	Dawley & Aqueduct	66
5	Hadley & Leegomery	65
6	Oakengates & Ketley Bank	63
7	Ketley & Overdale	59
8	Wrockwardine Wood & Trench	56
9	St Georges	55
10	Horsehay & Lightmoor	42
11	Priorslee	30

Which road in Ketley Bank has the highest level of crime?

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