Crime Statistics for Cofton Hackett, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, 2024

There were a total of 12 street level crime incidents in Cofton Hackett in February 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 Cofton Hackett, 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	5
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Vehicle Crime	2
Public Order	2
All Crime	12

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 Cofton Hackett. 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 Cofton Hackett

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Cofton Common (1.39 miles)	230
Longbridge (1.39 miles)	230
Rubery (1.39 miles)	195
Rednal	78
Eachway (1.39 miles)	45
Hopwood (1.39 miles)	31
Arrowfield Top (1.96 miles)	26
Cofton Hackett	12
Barnt Green	8
Kendal End	6

Where are the most violent places near Cofton Hackett?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Cofton Common	113
Longbridge	113
Rubery	81
Rednal	46
Eachway	15
Hopwood	5
Cofton Hackett	5
Arrowfield Top	4
Barnt Green	1
Kendal End	0

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

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 Cofton Hackett 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 Cofton Hackett compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Cofton Hackett and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Cofton Hackett have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Rubery & Rednal.

#	Ward	Score
1	Rubery & Rednal	74
2	Longbridge & West Heath	67
3	Cofton	58
4	Tardebigge	55
5	Rubery North	52
6	Rubery South	51
7	Barnt Green & Hopwood	50
8	Alvechurch Village	43
9	Lickey Hills	37
10	Norton	33
11	Marlbrook	31

Which road in Cofton Hackett has the highest level of crime?

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