Crime Statistics for Aston Fields, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, 2024

There were a total of 110 street level crime incidents in Aston Fields in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Aston Fields, 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	48
Other Theft	11
Criminal Damage Arson	10
Anti Social Behaviour	10
Shoplifting	10
Public Order	9
Vehicle Crime	4
Other Crime	3
Drugs	2
Burglary	2
Robbery	1
All Crime	110

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 Aston Fields. 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 Aston Fields

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Stoney Hill (0.62 miles)	137
Bromsgrove (0.88 miles)	115
Aston Fields	110
Sidemoor (1.39 miles)	104
Charford (0.62 miles)	78
Stoke Heath (1.39 miles)	26
Upper Gambolds (0.88 miles)	17
Finstall (1.39 miles)	15
Tutnall (1.39 miles)	15
Stoke Pound (1.24 miles)	5

Where are the most violent places near Aston Fields?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Stoney Hill	52
Aston Fields	48
Bromsgrove	44
Sidemoor	41
Charford	30
Upper Gambolds	9
Finstall	8
Tutnall	8
Stoke Heath	4
Stoke Pound	2

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Aston Fields?

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 Aston Fields 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 Aston Fields compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Aston Fields and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Aston Fields is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Sidemoor	75
2	Charford	62
3	Hill Top	59
4	Sanders Park	56
5	Perryfields	50
6	Bromsgrove Central	47
7	Lowes Hill	45
8	Slideslow	23
9	Aston Fields	20
10	Avoncroft	15

Which road in Aston Fields has the highest level of crime?

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