Crime Statistics for Sidemoor, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Sidemoor in September 2024. There were a total of 156 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 Sidemoor, 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	54
Anti Social Behaviour	51
Criminal Damage Arson	13
Public Order	11
Shoplifting	11
Vehicle Crime	5
Other Crime	3
Burglary	2
Other Theft	2
Robbery	2
Drugs	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	156

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 Sidemoor. 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 Sidemoor

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Stoney Hill (0.88 miles)	243
Bromsgrove (0.62 miles)	211
Aston Fields (1.39 miles)	201
Sidemoor	156
Charford (1.24 miles)	124
Hall Flat (1.76 miles)	55
Catshill (1.24 miles)	46
Alfred’s Well (0.88 miles)	20
Burcot (1.86 miles)	18
Park Gate (1.24 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Sidemoor?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Aston Fields	87
Stoney Hill	75
Bromsgrove	60
Sidemoor	54
Charford	48
Hall Flat	24
Catshill	18
Burcot	12
Alfred’s Well	9
Park Gate	0

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

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 Sidemoor 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 Sidemoor compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Sidemoor	75
2	Charford	62
3	Catshill South	61
4	Hill Top	59
5	Sanders Park	56
6	Perryfields	50
7	Bromsgrove Central	47
8	Lowes Hill	45
9	Aston Fields	20
10	Avoncroft	15

Which road in Sidemoor has the highest level of crime?

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