Crime Statistics for Hollinswood, Telford, Shropshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Hollinswood, Telford

There were a total of 283 street level crime incidents in Hollinswood in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Hollinswood, 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 Crime103
Shoplifting60
Anti Social Behaviour32
Public Order15
Criminal Damage Arson14
Robbery13
Other Theft13
Drugs10
Other Crime10
Possession Of Weapons6
Burglary4
Vehicle Crime2
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime283

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 Hollinswood. 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 Hollinswood

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Telford (0.62 miles)316
Town Centre (0.88 miles)293
Malinslee (0.88 miles)293
Town Park (0.88 miles)293
Hollinswood283
Ketley Bank (0.88 miles)280
Stafford Park (0.88 miles)132
Oakengates (1.24 miles)130
Red Lake (1.39 miles)128
Nedge Hill (1.39 miles)116

13.33%
of Malinslee & Dawley Bank residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Hollinswood?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Telford120
Town Centre119
Malinslee119
Town Park119
Hollinswood103
Ketley Bank92
Oakengates56
Stafford Park49
Nedge Hill40
Red Lake39

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

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 Hollinswood 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 Hollinswood compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Brookside90
2Malinslee & Dawley Bank84
3Madeley & Sutton Hill73
4The Nedge66
5Dawley & Aqueduct66
6Hadley & Leegomery65
7Oakengates & Ketley Bank63
8Ketley & Overdale59
9St Georges55
10Horsehay & Lightmoor42
11Priorslee30

Which road in Hollinswood has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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