Crime Statistics for Battlefield, Broad Oak, Shropshire, 2024

There were a total of 158 street level crime incidents in Battlefield in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Battlefield, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	54
Shoplifting	33
Anti Social Behaviour	27
Public Order	13
Criminal Damage Arson	9
Other Theft	6
Burglary	6
Other Crime	4
Drugs	3
Possession Of Weapons	1
Robbery	1
Vehicle Crime	1
All Crime	158

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 Battlefield. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

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 Battlefield

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Underdale (1.96 miles)	309
Spring Gdns (1.96 miles)	309
Harlescott (0.62 miles)	199
Battlefield	158
Monkmoor (1.86 miles)	152
Upper Battlefield (0.62 miles)	89
Broadoak (1.39 miles)	27
Astley (1.39 miles)	7
Upper Astley (1.75 miles)	1
Ebreywood (1.96 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Battlefield?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Underdale	131
Spring Gdns	131
Harlescott	68
Monkmoor	66
Battlefield	54
Upper Battlefield	22
Broadoak	14
Astley	2
Upper Astley	0
Ebreywood	0

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

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 Battlefield 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 Battlefield compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Battlefield and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Battlefield is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Castlefields and Ditherington	69
2	Sundorne	64
3	Harlescott	59
4	Quarry and Coton Hill	58
5	Battlefield	55
6	Bagley	48
7	Underdale	35
8	Monkmoor	31
9	Tern	30
10	Porthill	28
11	Shawbury	12

Which road in Battlefield has the highest level of crime?

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