Crime Statistics for Upper Battlefield, Battlefield, Shropshire, 2024

There were a total of 89 street level crime incidents in Upper Battlefield in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Shoplifting, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Shoplifting	29
Violent Crime	22
Anti Social Behaviour	17
Public Order	7
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Other Crime	3
Other Theft	2
Burglary	2
Drugs	1
Robbery	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
Vehicle Crime	1
All Crime	89

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 Upper Battlefield. 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 Upper Battlefield

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Harlescott (1.24 miles)	199
Battlefield (0.62 miles)	158
Upper Battlefield	89
Broadoak (1.24 miles)	27
Astley (0.88 miles)	7
Bings Heath (1.96 miles)	1
Hadnall (1.96 miles)	1
Upper Astley (1.39 miles)	1
Ebreywood (1.86 miles)	0
Haston (1.86 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Upper Battlefield?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Harlescott	68
Battlefield	54
Upper Battlefield	22
Broadoak	14
Astley	2
Bings Heath	0
Hadnall	0
Upper Astley	0
Ebreywood	0
Haston	0

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

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 Upper Battlefield 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 Upper Battlefield compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Upper Battlefield and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Upper Battlefield is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Castlefields and Ditherington	69
2	Sundorne	64
3	Harlescott	59
4	Quarry and Coton Hill	58
5	Battlefield	55
6	Bagley	48
7	Underdale	35
8	Monkmoor	31
9	Tern	30
10	Porthill	28
11	Shawbury	12

Which road in Upper Battlefield has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Upper Battlefield with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Mount Pleasant Road.