Crime Statistics for Lower Town, Wychavon, Worcestershire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Lower Town in August 2024. There were a total of 40 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Lower Town, 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
Other Theft	6
Anti Social Behaviour	5
Public Order	3
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Burglary	2
Vehicle Crime	2
Other Crime	2
Theft From The Person	1
Shoplifting	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
Drugs	1
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	40

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 Town. 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 Town

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Blackpole (1.24 miles)	440
Barbourne (1.75 miles)	75
Claines (0.88 miles)	74
Salwarpe (1.39 miles)	40
Lower Town	34
Fernhill Heath	34
Martin Hussingtree (1.39 miles)	24
Ladywood (1.39 miles)	20
Bevere (1.24 miles)	8
Chatley (1.39 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Lower Town?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Blackpole	187
Salwarpe	27
Barbourne	21
Fernhill Heath	16
Claines	14
Lower Town	12
Martin Hussingtree	11
Ladywood	7
Bevere	4
Chatley	0

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

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 Town 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 Town compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Lower Town and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Lower Town have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Hallow.

#	Ward	Score
1	Warndon	86
2	Gorse Hill	86
3	Cathedral	81
4	Rainbow Hill	78
5	Arboretum	68
6	Droitwich West	66
7	St Stephen	48
8	Warndon Parish South	47
9	Claines	28
10	Warndon Parish North	26
11	Hallow	9

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

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