Crime Statistics for Astwood, Wychavon, Worcestershire, 2024

Crime statistics for Astwood, Wychavon

There were a total of 12 street level crime incidents in Astwood 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 Astwood, 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
Public Order1
Possession Of Weapons1
Drugs1
All Crime12

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 Astwood. 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 Astwood

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Stoke Heath (1.96 miles)26
Rashwood (1.24 miles)17
Astwood12
Henbrook (0.88 miles)11
Stoke Prior (1.39 miles)10
Stoke Wharf (1.39 miles)7
Stoke Pound (2.24 miles)5
Harbours Hill (1.24 miles)2
Sharpway Gate (1.24 miles)2
Piper’s Hill (1.86 miles)0

4.14%
of Inkberrow residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Astwood?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Rashwood10
Astwood7
Henbrook7
Stoke Heath4
Stoke Pound2
Stoke Prior1
Stoke Wharf1
Harbours Hill1
Sharpway Gate1
Piper’s Hill0

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

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 Astwood 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 Astwood compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Dodderhill73
2Charford62
3Droitwich Central61
4Hill Top59
5Droitwich South West41
6Droitwich East32
7Aston Fields20
8Inkberrow18
9Avoncroft15
10Droitwich South East5

Which road in Astwood has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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