Crime Statistics for Holy Cross, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Holy Cross in August 2024. There were a total of 19 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 Holy Cross, 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	12
Anti Social Behaviour	4
Vehicle Crime	2
Other Crime	1
All Crime	19

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 Holy Cross. 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 Holy Cross

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Holy Cross	19
Hartle (1.24 miles)	13
Lower Clent (0.88 miles)	12
Walton Pool (0.62 miles)	11
Rumbow Cottages (1.39 miles)	8
Madeley Heath (1.96 miles)	4
Broome (1.24 miles)	4
Belbroughton (1.39 miles)	4
Bell End (1.39 miles)	3
Bell Heath (1.96 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Holy Cross?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Holy Cross	12
Hartle	8
Lower Clent	6
Walton Pool	5
Rumbow Cottages	3
Broome	3
Belbroughton	1
Madeley Heath	0
Bell End	0
Bell Heath	0

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

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 Holy Cross 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 Holy Cross compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Holy Cross and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Holy Cross is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Catshill North	64
2	Catshill South	61
3	Rubery North	52
4	Rubery South	51
5	Lye and Stourbridge North	50
6	Pedmore and Stourbridge East	40
7	Kinver	39
8	Hagley East	33
9	Hayley Green and Cradley South	21
10	Norton	21
11	Hagley West	18

Which road in Holy Cross has the highest level of crime?

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