Crime Statistics for Little Dawley, Dawley, Shropshire, 2024

There were a total of 144 street level crime incidents in Little Dawley in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Little Dawley, 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	66
Public Order	17
Anti Social Behaviour	16
Criminal Damage Arson	9
Shoplifting	7
Other Theft	6
Burglary	5
Drugs	5
Other Crime	4
Possession Of Weapons	4
Vehicle Crime	2
Bicycle Theft	1
Theft From The Person	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	144

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 Little Dawley. 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 Little Dawley

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Malinslee (1.39 miles)	272
Brookside (0.88 miles)	200
Stirchley (1.24 miles)	172
Aqueduct (0.62 miles)	147
Little Dawley	144
Dalwey (0.62 miles)	116
Lawley (1.39 miles)	88
Horsehay (0.88 miles)	73
Doseley (0.62 miles)	57
Coalmoor (1.39 miles)	19

Where are the most violent places near Little Dawley?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Malinslee	107
Brookside	90
Stirchley	67
Little Dawley	66
Aqueduct	65
Dalwey	60
Lawley	37
Horsehay	36
Doseley	31
Coalmoor	13

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

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 Little Dawley 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 Little Dawley compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Woodside	94
2	Brookside	90
3	Malinslee & Dawley Bank	84
4	Madeley & Sutton Hill	73
5	The Nedge	66
6	Dawley & Aqueduct	66
7	Ketley & Overdale	59
8	Ironbridge Gorge	52
9	Horsehay & Lightmoor	42
10	Broseley	33
11	Much Wenlock	28

Which road in Little Dawley has the highest level of crime?

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