Crime Statistics for Brickfields, Worcester, Worcestershire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Brickfields in August 2024. There were a total of 848 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 Brickfields, 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	359
Shoplifting	121
Anti Social Behaviour	106
Public Order	64
Criminal Damage Arson	53
Other Theft	50
Vehicle Crime	23
Drugs	18
Other Crime	13
Burglary	12
Robbery	10
Bicycle Theft	10
Possession Of Weapons	6
Theft From The Person	3
All Crime	848

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Brickfields. 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 Brickfields

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Brickfields	706
Tolladine (0.62 miles)	521
Rainbow Hill (0.62 miles)	502
Blackpole (0.62 miles)	440
Northwick (1.39 miles)	177
Cherry Orchard (1.96 miles)	91
Barbourne (1.39 miles)	75
Claines (1.39 miles)	74
Lower Town (1.86 miles)	34
Fernhill Heath (1.86 miles)	34

Where are the most violent places near Brickfields?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Brickfields	359
Tolladine	197
Blackpole	187
Rainbow Hill	177
Northwick	78
Cherry Orchard	26
Barbourne	21
Fernhill Heath	16
Claines	14
Lower Town	12

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

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 Brickfields 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 Brickfields compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Warndon	86
2	Gorse Hill	86
3	Cathedral	81
4	Rainbow Hill	78
5	Arboretum	68
6	Nunnery	54
7	St Stephen	48
8	Warndon Parish South	47
9	Bedwardine	32
10	Battenhall	31
11	Claines	28

Which road in Brickfields has the highest level of crime?

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