Crime Statistics for Barnards Green, Malvern Hills, Worcestershire, 2024

There were a total of 73 street level crime incidents in Barnards Green in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Barnards Green, 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	23
Shoplifting	14
Anti Social Behaviour	7
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Public Order	6
Burglary	5
Other Theft	5
Vehicle Crime	2
Drugs	2
Other Crime	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	73

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 Barnards Green. 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 Barnards Green

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Malvern Link (1.24 miles)	162
Lower Howsell (1.86 miles)	138
Great Malvern (0.62 miles)	111
Sherrard’s Green (0.88 miles)	107
Madresfield (1.76 miles)	87
Barnards Green	73
Poolbrook (0.88 miles)	18
Malvern Common (0.62 miles)	14
Upper Colwall (1.75 miles)	6
Blackmore End (1.96 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Barnards Green?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Malvern Link	56
Lower Howsell	49
Sherrard’s Green	35
Great Malvern	34
Barnards Green	23
Madresfield	22
Poolbrook	6
Malvern Common	5
Upper Colwall	5
Blackmore End	2

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

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 Barnards Green 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 Barnards Green compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Pickersleigh	75
2	Dyson Perrins	42
3	Powick	36
4	Priory	35
5	Link	35
6	Upton and Hanley	35
7	West	30
8	Alfrick and Leigh	30
9	Chase	27
10	Morton	20
11	Wells	18

Which road in Barnards Green has the highest level of crime?

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