Crime Statistics for Forshaw Heath, Bromsgrove, Warwickshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Forshaw Heath 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 Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Forshaw Heath, 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
Criminal Damage Arson1
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 Forshaw Heath. 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 Forshaw Heath

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Tidbury Green (1.39 miles)31
Gilbert’s Green (1.75 miles)28
Grimes Hill (1.24 miles)27
Tanner’s Green (0.62 miles)9
Terry’s Green (1.24 miles)8
Inkford (0.88 miles)4
Forshaw Heath4
Portway (0.62 miles)2
Birch Acre (0.62 miles)1
Heath Green (1.39 miles)1

6.7%
of Tanworth-in-Arden residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Forshaw Heath?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Gilbert’s Green16
Tidbury Green13
Grimes Hill8
Tanner’s Green4
Terry’s Green3
Inkford3
Forshaw Heath3
Portway2
Birch Acre1
Heath Green1

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

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 Forshaw Heath 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 Forshaw Heath compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Forshaw Heath and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Forshaw Heath is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1Wythall East58
2Church Hill58
3Tanworth-in-Arden57
4Shirley West56
5Wythall West50
6Drakes Cross46
7Winyates45
8Alvechurch Village43
9Alvechurch South41
10Hollywood37
11Blythe22

Which road in Forshaw Heath has the highest level of crime?

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