Crime Statistics for Droitwich Spa, Wychavon, Worcestershire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Droitwich Spa in September 2024. There were a total of 103 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 Droitwich Spa, 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	36
Shoplifting	32
Anti Social Behaviour	12
Burglary	6
Criminal Damage Arson	5
Public Order	5
Other Crime	2
Drugs	2
Other Theft	1
Vehicle Crime	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	103

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 Droitwich Spa. 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 Droitwich Spa

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Droitwich Spa	103
Droitwich Canal (0.5 miles)	101
Berry Hill (0.62 miles)	76
Chawson (0.88 miles)	74
Hampton Lovett (1.39 miles)	42
Hadzor (1.39 miles)	34
Copcut (1.39 miles)	27
Shernal Green (1.75 miles)	15
Salwarpe (1.75 miles)	9
Ladywood (1.75 miles)	7

Where are the most violent places near Droitwich Spa?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Droitwich Spa	36
Hampton Lovett	36
Droitwich Canal	34
Berry Hill	26
Chawson	26
Hadzor	16
Salwarpe	9
Copcut	8
Shernal Green	7
Ladywood	5

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

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 Droitwich Spa 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 Droitwich Spa compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Droitwich Spa and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Droitwich Spa is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Warndon	86
2	Rainbow Hill	78
3	Dodderhill	73
4	Droitwich West	66
5	Droitwich Central	61
6	Warndon Parish South	47
7	Droitwich South West	41
8	Droitwich East	32
9	Warndon Parish North	26
10	Bowbrook	21
11	Droitwich South East	5

Which road in Droitwich Spa has the highest level of crime?

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