Crime Statistics for Cockshutt, Highley, part of Highley, Shropshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Cockshutt, Highley

There were a total of 19 street level crime incidents in Cockshutt in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Cockshutt, 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 Crime6
Criminal Damage Arson6
Anti Social Behaviour3
Other Theft2
Other Crime1
Burglary1
All Crime19

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 Cockshutt. 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 Cockshutt

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Cockshutt19
Highley (0.62 miles)17
Fenn Green (2.48 miles)2
Alveley (1.96 miles)2
Birdsgreen (1.96 miles)2
Turleygreen (2.24 miles)2
Coppicegate (1.86 miles)1
Chorley (2.48 miles)0
Chelmarsh (2.56 miles)0
High Green (1.86 miles)0

2.97%
of Highley residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Cockshutt?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Cockshutt6
Highley5
Fenn Green1
Alveley1
Birdsgreen1
Turleygreen1
Coppicegate0
Chorley0
Chelmarsh0
High Green0

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

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 Cockshutt 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 Cockshutt compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Wribbenhall & Arley49
2Wyre Forest Rural47
3Franche & Habberley North33
4Bridgnorth East and Astley Abbotts32
5Bewdley & Rock32
6Highley31
7Bridgnorth West and Tasley20
8Alveley and Claverley19
9Brown Clee15
10Cleobury Mortimer12
11Lindridge8

Which road in Cockshutt has the highest level of crime?

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

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