Crime Statistics for Cherry Orchard, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Cherry Orchard, Shrewsbury

There were a total of 244 street level crime incidents in Cherry Orchard in January 2024. 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 Cherry Orchard, 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 Crime83
Anti Social Behaviour58
Shoplifting27
Public Order20
Criminal Damage Arson15
Other Theft12
Vehicle Crime6
Theft From The Person5
Burglary4
Other Crime4
Robbery3
Bicycle Theft3
Drugs2
Possession Of Weapons2
All Crime244

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Cherry Orchard. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Cherry Orchard

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Underdale (0.88 miles)317
Spring Gdns (0.88 miles)317
Castle Fields (0.88 miles)317
Cherry Orchard244
Shrewsbury244
Frankwell (0.88 miles)182
Gravelhill (0.88 miles)182
Belle Vue (0.62 miles)149
Porthill (1.24 miles)47
Copthorne (1.24 miles)47

7.45%
of Belle Vue (Shropshire) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Cherry Orchard?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Underdale98
Spring Gdns98
Castle Fields98
Cherry Orchard83
Shrewsbury83
Frankwell53
Gravelhill53
Belle Vue44
Porthill16
Copthorne16

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

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 Cherry Orchard 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 Cherry Orchard compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Cherry Orchard and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Cherry Orchard is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Castlefields and Ditherington69
2Quarry and Coton Hill58
3Bagley48
4Underdale35
5Meole34
6Monkmoor31
7Belle Vue31
8Porthill28
9Abbey23
10Radbrook22
11Bayston Hill, Column and Sutton16

Which road in Cherry Orchard has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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