Crime Statistics for Catshill, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Catshill in October 2024. There were a total of 45 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Catshill, 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	17
Burglary	9
Anti Social Behaviour	6
Other Theft	5
Vehicle Crime	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Public Order	1
Criminal Damage Arson	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	45

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 Catshill. 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 Catshill

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Sidemoor (1.24 miles)	296
Marlbrook (1.39 miles)	96
Hall Flat (1.24 miles)	86
Alfred’s Well (0.88 miles)	49
Catshill	45
Bellevue (1.39 miles)	44
Upper Catshill (0.88 miles)	40
Bournheath (0.88 miles)	4
Fairfield (1.39 miles)	3
Park Gate (1.76 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Catshill?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Sidemoor	126
Hall Flat	84
Marlbrook	83
Upper Catshill	28
Bellevue	22
Alfred’s Well	18
Catshill	17
Bournheath	1
Fairfield	0
Park Gate	0

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

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 Catshill 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 Catshill compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Sidemoor	75
2	Catshill North	64
3	Catshill South	61
4	Hill Top	59
5	Sanders Park	56
6	Perryfields	50
7	Bromsgrove Central	47
8	Lowes Hill	45
9	Norton	33
10	Slideslow	23

Which road in Catshill has the highest level of crime?

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