Crime Statistics for Lonco Brook, Puleston, Shropshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Lonco Brook, Puleston

There were a total of 10 street level crime incidents in Lonco Brook in January 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 Lonco Brook, 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 Crime7
Criminal Damage Arson2
Other Theft1
All Crime10

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 Lonco Brook. 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 Lonco Brook

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Newport (1.3 miles)55
Islington (0.68 miles)43
Chetwynd Aston (2.62 miles)13
Lonco Brook10
Church Aston (2.55 miles)9
Forton (0.62 miles)9
Edgmond (1.8 miles)2
Edgmond Marsh (1.98 miles)2
Sambrook (2.59 miles)0
Cheswell (3.15 miles)0

7.43%
of Newport North & West residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Lonco Brook?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Newport33
Islington26
Lonco Brook7
Forton6
Chetwynd Aston5
Church Aston4
Edgmond0
Edgmond Marsh0
Sambrook0
Cheswell0

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

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 Lonco Brook 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 Lonco Brook compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Lonco Brook and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Lonco Brook is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Donnington63
2Oakengates & Ketley Bank63
3Wrockwardine Wood & Trench56
4Shifnal North47
5Newport South & East36
6Muxton31
7Priorslee30
8Newport North & West29
9Gnosall & Woodseaves28
10Church Aston & Lilleshall21
11Cheswardine19

Which road in Lonco Brook has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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