Crime Statistics for Ketley Bank, Telford, Shropshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Ketley Bank in October 2024. There were a total of 243 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime80
Shoplifting56
Anti Social Behaviour33
Other Theft15
Public Order12
Drugs11
Criminal Damage Arson11
Other Crime8
Bicycle Theft5
Vehicle Crime4
Burglary4
Possession Of Weapons3
Theft From The Person1
All Crime243

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 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.

LocationCrime Incidents
Telford (0.62 miles)283
Town Centre (1.24 miles)278
Malinslee (1.24 miles)278
Town Park (1.24 miles)278
Hollinswood (0.88 miles)258
Ketley Bank243
Donnington Wood (1.39 miles)151
Red Lake (0.62 miles)131
Oakengates (0.88 miles)131
Ketley (1.24 miles)94

13.33%
of Malinslee & Dawley Bank residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



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.

LocationViolent Incidents
Telford99
Town Centre99
Malinslee99
Town Park99
Hollinswood94
Ketley Bank80
Donnington Wood69
Oakengates67
Red Lake46
Ketley34

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.

#WardScore
1Malinslee & Dawley Bank84
2Arleston74
3The Nedge66
4Dawley & Aqueduct66
5Hadley & Leegomery65
6Oakengates & Ketley Bank63
7Ketley & Overdale59
8Wrockwardine Wood & Trench56
9St Georges55
10Horsehay & Lightmoor42
11Priorslee30

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.

Last updated: October 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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