Crime Statistics for Ireland’s Cross, Dorrington, Shropshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Ireland’s Cross, Dorrington

There were a total of 3 street level crime incidents in Ireland’s Cross in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Criminal Damage Arson, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Criminal Damage Arson2
Anti Social Behaviour1
All Crime3

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 Ireland’s Cross. 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 Ireland’s Cross

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Loggerheads (3.11 miles)14
Madeley (3.1 miles)4
Pipe Gate (0.62 miles)3
Norton in Hales (2.63 miles)3
Ireland’s Cross3
Bulkeley Hall (0.62 miles)1
Bar Hill (2.24 miles)1
Gravenhunger Moss (0.62 miles)1
Sidway (2.24 miles)0
Blackbrook (2.24 miles)0

3.74%
of Loggerheads residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Ireland’s Cross?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Loggerheads2
Madeley1
Pipe Gate0
Norton in Hales0
Ireland’s Cross0
Bulkeley Hall0
Bar Hill0
Gravenhunger Moss0
Sidway0
Blackbrook0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Ireland’s Cross?

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 Ireland’s Cross 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 Ireland’s Cross compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Silverdale68
2Knutton62
3Market Drayton East44
4Market Drayton West43
5Audley43
6Loggerheads25
7Audlem22
8Madeley & Betley17
9Maer & Whitmore11
10Wybunbury10

Which road in Ireland’s Cross has the highest level of crime?

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

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