Crime Statistics for Platt Lane, Welsh End, Shropshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Platt Lane, Welsh End

There were a total of 2 street level crime incidents in Platt Lane in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Criminal Damage Arson, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Criminal Damage Arson1
Violent Crime1
All Crime2

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Platt Lane. 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 Platt Lane

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Poolhead (2.78 miles)2
Platt Lane2
Hollinwood (0.62 miles)2
Painters Green (2.56 miles)1
Redbrook (2.56 miles)1
Abbey Green (1.96 miles)0
Ladywell (1.75 miles)0
Paddolgreen (2.56 miles)0
Waterloo (2.24 miles)0
Bronington (2.63 miles)0

4.36%
of Wem residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Platt Lane?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Platt Lane1
Hollinwood1
Painters Green1
Redbrook1
Poolhead0
Abbey Green0
Ladywell0
Paddolgreen0
Waterloo0
Bronington0

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

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 Platt Lane 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 Platt Lane compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Platt Lane and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Platt Lane is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Bronington95
2Overton94
3Whitchurch North46
4Market Drayton West43
5Whitchurch South39
6Wem35
7Malpas32
8Prees30
9Hodnet17
10Ellesmere Urban16
11Shawbury12

Which road in Platt Lane has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: March 2024
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