Crime Statistics for Arleston, Wellington, Shropshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Arleston, Wellington

There were a total of 73 street level crime incidents in Arleston in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Arleston, 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 Crime30
Anti Social Behaviour9
Shoplifting8
Drugs5
Criminal Damage Arson4
Public Order4
Burglary3
Other Theft3
Other Crime2
Possession Of Weapons2
Robbery1
Vehicle Crime1
Theft From The Person1
All Crime73

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 Arleston. 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 Arleston

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Ketley Bank (1.86 miles)254
Dothill (1.75 miles)163
Hadley (1.39 miles)146
Hadley Castle (1.39 miles)146
Red Lake (1.24 miles)129
Ketley (0.62 miles)113
Lawley (1.39 miles)88
Arleston73
Coalmoor (1.86 miles)19
Cluddley (1.86 miles)9

5.72%
of Wrockwardine residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Arleston?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Ketley Bank97
Hadley55
Hadley Castle55
Dothill52
Red Lake51
Ketley47
Lawley37
Arleston30
Coalmoor13
Cluddley5

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

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 Arleston 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 Arleston compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Arleston and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Arleston have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is College.

#WardScore
1College80
2Arleston74
3Hadley & Leegomery65
4Ketley & Overdale59
5Haygate59
6Horsehay & Lightmoor42
7Dothill38
8Ercall37
9Apley Castle35
10Park34
11Wrockwardine28

Which road in Arleston has the highest level of crime?

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

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