Crime Statistics for Birchanger, Uttlesford, Essex, 2024

Crime statistics for Birchanger, Uttlesford

There were a total of 65 street level crime incidents in Birchanger in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Vehicle Crime, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Vehicle Crime16
Violent Crime15
Anti Social Behaviour9
Burglary9
Public Order5
Criminal Damage Arson3
Shoplifting2
Other Crime2
Drugs2
Other Theft2
All Crime65

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 Birchanger. 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 Birchanger

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Bishop’s Stortford (1.39 miles)182
Hockerill (1.75 miles)135
Birchanger65
Bentfield Green (1.96 miles)34
Tilekiln Green (0.88 miles)27
Takeley Street (1.96 miles)10
Fuller’s End (2.24 miles)8
Bedlar’s Green (1.39 miles)8
Great Hallingbury (1.86 miles)5
Hallingbury Street (1.96 miles)2

12.47%
of Stansted South & Birchanger residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Birchanger?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Bishop’s Stortford42
Hockerill37
Birchanger15
Takeley Street6
Tilekiln Green5
Bentfield Green4
Fuller’s End3
Great Hallingbury2
Bedlar’s Green1
Hallingbury Street0

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

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 Birchanger 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 Birchanger compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Bishop's Stortford Meads46
2Broad Oak & the Hallingburys41
3Bishop's Stortford Central37
4Takeley36
5Bishop's Stortford All Saints28
6Little Hadham27
7Stansted North25
8Thaxted & the Eastons24
9Bishop's Stortford Silverleys20
10Bishop's Stortford South15

Which road in Birchanger has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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