Crime Statistics for Dudleston Heath, Bryn-y-cochin, Shropshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Dudleston Heath, Bryn-y-cochin

There were a total of 2 street level crime incidents in Dudleston Heath in February 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 Dudleston Heath, 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 Crime1
Criminal Damage Arson1
All Crime2

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 Dudleston Heath. 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 Dudleston Heath

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Cross (1.86 miles)32
Ifton Heath (1.96 miles)14
Dudleston (1.75 miles)6
Newnes (1.75 miles)6
Greenhill Bank (0.62 miles)2
Dudleston Grove2
Dudleston Heath2
Criftins (Dudleston Heath)2
Knolton (1.39 miles)2
Gravel Hole2

3.75%
of The Meres residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Dudleston Heath?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Cross15
Ifton Heath10
Dudleston3
Newnes3
Knolton2
Greenhill Bank1
Dudleston Grove1
Dudleston Heath1
Criftins (Dudleston Heath)1
Gravel Hole1

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

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 Dudleston Heath 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 Dudleston Heath compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Dudleston Heath and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Dudleston Heath is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Chirk South97
2Marchwiel96
3Chirk North96
4Overton94
5Oswestry East44
6Oswestry South37
7The Meres19
8St Martin's19
9Ellesmere Urban16
10Gobowen, Selattyn and Weston Rhyn16
11Whittington14

Which road in Dudleston Heath has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Dudleston Heath with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around B4397.

Last updated: February 2024
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