Crime Statistics for Hoobrook, Wyre Forest, Worcestershire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Hoobrook in September 2024. There were a total of 152 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 Hoobrook, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime58
Anti Social Behaviour24
Shoplifting21
Criminal Damage Arson14
Burglary8
Other Theft7
Public Order6
Vehicle Crime6
Other Crime4
Possession Of Weapons2
Drugs2
All Crime152

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 Hoobrook. 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 Hoobrook

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Kidderminster (1.39 miles)271
Aggborough (0.62 miles)213
Hoobrook104
Blakebrook (1.75 miles)95
Birchen Coppice (1.24 miles)56
Stone (1.39 miles)50
Spennells (0.62 miles)40
Charlton (1.86 miles)34
Leapgate (1.24 miles)17
Torton (1.39 miles)12

5.49%
of Foley Park & Hoobrook residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Hoobrook?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Kidderminster80
Aggborough61
Hoobrook58
Blakebrook45
Birchen Coppice16
Stone16
Spennells15
Charlton14
Leapgate7
Torton6

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

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 Hoobrook 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 Hoobrook compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Hoobrook and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Hoobrook is ranked #2.

#WardScore
1Hartlebury74
2Foley Park & Hoobrook66
3Blakebrook & Habberley South65
4Broadwaters57
5Offmore & Comberton55
6Areley Kings & Riverside55
7Mitton51
8Wribbenhall & Arley49
9Aggborough & Spennells49
10Franche & Habberley North33

Which road in Hoobrook has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: September 2024
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