Crime Statistics for Franche, Wyre Forest, Worcestershire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Franche in August 2024. There were a total of 270 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 Franche, 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	75
Anti Social Behaviour	56
Shoplifting	43
Vehicle Crime	26
Public Order	24
Criminal Damage Arson	18
Other Theft	10
Burglary	6
Drugs	4
Possession Of Weapons	2
Other Crime	2
Theft From The Person	2
Bicycle Theft	2
All Crime	270

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 Franche. 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 Franche

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Kidderminster (1.24 miles)	338
Greenhill (1.39 miles)	325
Franche	252
Aggborough (1.96 miles)	213
Broadwaters (1.24 miles)	157
Blakebrook (1.39 miles)	134
Cookley (1.75 miles)	21
Drakelow (1.24 miles)	7
Blakeshall (1.96 miles)	6
Holbeache (2.56 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Franche?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Greenhill	99
Kidderminster	96
Franche	75
Broadwaters	65
Aggborough	61
Blakebrook	43
Cookley	14
Blakeshall	2
Drakelow	1
Holbeache	0

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

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 Franche 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 Franche compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Foley Park & Hoobrook	66
2	Blakebrook & Habberley South	65
3	Broadwaters	57
4	Offmore & Comberton	55
5	Mitton	51
6	Wribbenhall & Arley	49
7	Aggborough & Spennells	49
8	Wyre Forest Rural	47
9	Franche & Habberley North	33
10	Bewdley & Rock	32

Which road in Franche has the highest level of crime?

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