Crime Statistics for Bridstow, Herefordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Bridstow, Bridstow

There were a total of 9 street level crime incidents in Bridstow in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Shoplifting, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Shoplifting5
Violent Crime2
Possession Of Weapons1
Anti Social Behaviour1
All Crime9

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

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

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Rudhall Brook (1.62 miles)64
Greytree (0.88 miles)63
Ashfield (0.88 miles)33
Poolmill9
Bridstow9
Tudorville (1.39 miles)6
Rudhall (2.56 miles)4
Hom Green (1.24 miles)4
Pencraig (2.78 miles)0
Brelston Green (2.78 miles)0

6.81%
of Ross West residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Bridstow?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Rudhall Brook20
Greytree18
Ashfield11
Tudorville4
Poolmill2
Bridstow2
Hom Green2
Rudhall1
Pencraig0
Brelston Green0

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

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 Bridstow 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 Bridstow compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bridstow and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bridstow is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1Dixton with Osbaston96
2Ross North50
3Ross West41
4Ross East34
5Old Gore20
6Kerne Bridge18
7Lydbrook12
8Penyard12
9Berry Hill10
10Llangarron9
11Mitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook7

Which road in Bridstow has the highest level of crime?

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

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