Crime Statistics for Four Ashes, Solihull, Solihull, 2024

Crime statistics for Four Ashes, Solihull

There were a total of 24 street level crime incidents in Four Ashes in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Four Ashes, 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 Crime6
Vehicle Crime4
Other Theft4
Public Order3
Shoplifting3
Anti Social Behaviour2
Burglary1
Robbery1
All Crime24

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 Four Ashes. 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 Four Ashes

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Tilehouse Green (1.39 miles)59
Knowle Grove (1.24 miles)48
Monkspath (0.88 miles)36
Dorridge (0.62 miles)30
Bentley Heath (0.62 miles)30
Four Ashes24
Packwood Gullet (0.88 miles)20
Norton Green (1.39 miles)19
Illshaw Heath (1.39 miles)15
Box Trees (0.88 miles)13

6.57%
of Dorridge and Hockley Heath residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Four Ashes?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Tilehouse Green22
Knowle Grove19
Dorridge9
Bentley Heath9
Monkspath8
Four Ashes6
Box Trees5
Illshaw Heath4
Norton Green3
Packwood Gullet2

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

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 Four Ashes 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 Four Ashes compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Shirley West56
2Hall Green South51
3Henley-in-Arden49
4Silhill36
5Shirley East35
6Kenilworth Abbey & Arden33
7Blythe22
8Shirley South20
9St Alphege18
10Dorridge and Hockley Heath17
11Knowle14

Which road in Four Ashes has the highest level of crime?

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

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