Crime Statistics for Knowlesands, Eardington, Shropshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Knowlesands in October 2024. There were a total of 4 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Knowlesands, 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 Crime3
Burglary1
All Crime4

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 Knowlesands. 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 Knowlesands

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Bridgnorth (1.39 miles)67
Eudon Burnell (2.24 miles)4
Danesford4
Knowlesands4
Oldbury (1.24 miles)2
Cross Houses (1.86 miles)2
Upper Forge (1.24 miles)0
Crateford (1.86 miles)0
Mor Brook (1.24 miles)0
Eardington (0.62 miles)0

3.76%
of Bridgnorth East and Astley Abbotts residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Knowlesands?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Bridgnorth23
Danesford3
Knowlesands3
Oldbury2
Eudon Burnell0
Cross Houses0
Upper Forge0
Crateford0
Mor Brook0
Eardington0

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

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 Knowlesands 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 Knowlesands compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Knowlesands and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Knowlesands is ranked #4.

#WardScore
1Ironbridge Gorge52
2Trysull and Seisdon51
3Broseley33
4Bridgnorth East and Astley Abbotts32
5Worfield32
6Highley31
7Much Wenlock28
8Bridgnorth West and Tasley20
9Alveley and Claverley19
10Wombourne South West18
11Brown Clee15

Which road in Knowlesands has the highest level of crime?

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

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