Crime Statistics for Harlescott, Pimley, Shropshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Harlescott, Pimley

There were a total of 192 street level crime incidents in Harlescott in January 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 Harlescott, 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 Crime55
Shoplifting52
Criminal Damage Arson23
Anti Social Behaviour23
Other Theft15
Public Order11
Other Crime4
Burglary4
Drugs2
Bicycle Theft2
Vehicle Crime1
All Crime192

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 Harlescott. 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 Harlescott

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Underdale (1.39 miles)317
Spring Gdns (1.39 miles)317
Castle Fields (1.39 miles)317
Harlescott192
Battlefield (0.62 miles)145
Monkmoor (1.24 miles)131
Upper Battlefield (1.24 miles)80
Uffington (1.39 miles)53
Broadoak (1.75 miles)19
Astley (1.96 miles)5

7.41%
of Battlefield residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Harlescott?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Underdale98
Spring Gdns98
Castle Fields98
Harlescott55
Battlefield42
Monkmoor41
Uffington16
Upper Battlefield15
Broadoak8
Astley0

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

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 Harlescott 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 Harlescott compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Castlefields and Ditherington69
2Sundorne64
3Harlescott59
4Quarry and Coton Hill58
5Battlefield55
6Bagley48
7Underdale35
8Monkmoor31
9Tern30
10Abbey23
11Bayston Hill, Column and Sutton16

Which road in Harlescott has the highest level of crime?

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

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