Crime Statistics for Lower Ledwyche, Sheet, Shropshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Lower Ledwyche in October 2024. There were a total of 13 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Lower Ledwyche, 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 Crime4
Other Theft2
Anti Social Behaviour2
Shoplifting1
Vehicle Crime1
Public Order1
Other Crime1
Criminal Damage Arson1
All Crime13

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 Lower Ledwyche. 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 Lower Ledwyche

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Lower Ledwyche13
Sheet13
Old Field (3.1 miles)4
Gosford (3.73 miles)3
Bitterley (2.63 miles)0
Hope Bagot (3.1 miles)0
Batchcott (3.51 miles)0
Caynham (0.88 miles)0
Knowbury (2.48 miles)0
Knowlegate (3.77 miles)0

4.08%
of Ludlow East residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Lower Ledwyche?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Lower Ledwyche4
Sheet4
Gosford2
Old Field0
Bitterley0
Hope Bagot0
Batchcott0
Caynham0
Knowbury0
Knowlegate0

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

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 Lower Ledwyche 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 Lower Ledwyche compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Ludlow East41
2Leominster North & Rural38
3Leominster West38
4Ludlow North36
5Tenbury24
6Ludlow South15
7Brown Clee15
8Bircher13
9Corvedale9
10Lindridge8
11Clee7

Which road in Lower Ledwyche has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Lower Ledwyche 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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