Crime Statistics for Catchems End, Wyre Forest, Worcestershire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Catchems End in August 2024. There were a total of 83 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Catchems End, 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 Crime22
Anti Social Behaviour21
Public Order14
Vehicle Crime10
Criminal Damage Arson6
Shoplifting4
Other Theft4
Drugs2
All Crime83

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 Catchems End. 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 Catchems End

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Kidderminster (1.96 miles)338
Blakebrook (1.39 miles)134
Birchen Coppice (1.39 miles)127
Catchems End83
Blackstone (0.62 miles)45
Ribbesford (0.88 miles)41
Bewdley (0.62 miles)33
Hales Park (1.24 miles)28
Dowles (1.39 miles)20
Long Bank (1.96 miles)7

2.74%
of Bewdley & Rock residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Catchems End?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Kidderminster96
Blakebrook43
Birchen Coppice34
Catchems End22
Blackstone16
Dowles15
Ribbesford14
Bewdley11
Hales Park8
Long Bank2

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

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 Catchems End 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 Catchems End compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Catchems End and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Catchems End is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Foley Park & Hoobrook66
2Blakebrook & Habberley South65
3Offmore & Comberton55
4Areley Kings & Riverside55
5Mitton51
6Wribbenhall & Arley49
7Aggborough & Spennells49
8Franche & Habberley North33
9Bewdley & Rock32
10Cleobury Mortimer12

Which road in Catchems End has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: August 2024
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