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

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Catchems End in September 2024. There were a total of 55 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	19
Anti Social Behaviour	10
Burglary	8
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Public Order	4
Vehicle Crime	4
Other Theft	2
Drugs	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	55

Map of street level crime incidents in September 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.

Location	Crime Incidents
Kidderminster (1.96 miles)	271
Blakebrook (1.39 miles)	95
Birchen Coppice (1.39 miles)	56
Catchems End	51
Bewdley (0.62 miles)	33
Blackstone (0.62 miles)	33
Ribbesford (0.88 miles)	28
Hales Park (1.24 miles)	18
Dowles (1.39 miles)	16
Long Bank (1.96 miles)	5

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.

Location	Violent Incidents
Kidderminster	80
Blakebrook	45
Catchems End	19
Birchen Coppice	16
Ribbesford	12
Bewdley	11
Blackstone	9
Hales Park	7
Dowles	3
Long Bank	2

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.

#	Ward	Score
1	Foley Park & Hoobrook	66
2	Blakebrook & Habberley South	65
3	Offmore & Comberton	55
4	Areley Kings & Riverside	55
5	Mitton	51
6	Wribbenhall & Arley	49
7	Aggborough & Spennells	49
8	Franche & Habberley North	33
9	Bewdley & Rock	32
10	Cleobury Mortimer	12

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 this marker.