Crime Statistics for Lower Howsell, Malvern Hills, Worcestershire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Lower Howsell in August 2024. There were a total of 119 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 Lower Howsell, 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	46
Anti Social Behaviour	18
Shoplifting	17
Burglary	8
Public Order	8
Criminal Damage Arson	7
Other Theft	7
Possession Of Weapons	3
Drugs	3
Other Crime	1
Vehicle Crime	1
All Crime	119

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 Lower Howsell. 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 Lower Howsell

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Sherrard’s Green (1.39 miles)	229
Malvern Link (0.62 miles)	163
Newland (0.62 miles)	122
Great Malvern (1.24 miles)	121
Lower Howsell	107
Madresfield (1.39 miles)	96
Interfield (0.88 miles)	66
Pin’s Green (1.39 miles)	38
Crumpton Hill (1.24 miles)	15
Crowcroft (1.75 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Lower Howsell?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Sherrard’s Green	90
Interfield	67
Malvern Link	65
Great Malvern	52
Newland	46
Lower Howsell	46
Madresfield	33
Pin’s Green	9
Crumpton Hill	7
Crowcroft	0

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

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 Lower Howsell 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 Lower Howsell compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Pickersleigh	75
2	Dyson Perrins	42
3	Powick	36
4	Priory	35
5	Link	35
6	Upton and Hanley	35
7	Kempsey	32
8	West	30
9	Alfrick and Leigh	30
10	Chase	27
11	Broadheath	17

Which road in Lower Howsell has the highest level of crime?

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