Crime Statistics for Cole, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, 2024

Crime statistics for Cole, Bromsgrove

There were a total of 75 street level crime incidents in Cole in January 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 Cole, 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 Crime21
Shoplifting14
Vehicle Crime11
Burglary9
Anti Social Behaviour6
Public Order5
Criminal Damage Arson5
Other Theft3
Drugs1
All Crime75

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 Cole. 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 Cole

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Billesley (1.49 miles)279
Warstock (0.92 miles)261
Hasluck’s Green (0.26 miles)93
Cole75
Shirley Heath (0.92 miles)62
Major’s Green (0.47 miles)51
Trueman’s Heath (0.61 miles)47
Hollywood (1.14 miles)38
Stratford-upon-Avon Canal (1.42 miles)34
Drakes Cross (1.49 miles)32

11.06%
of Shirley West residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Cole?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Billesley104
Warstock95
Hasluck’s Green31
Shirley Heath23
Cole21
Major’s Green19
Stratford-upon-Avon Canal13
Trueman’s Heath11
Hollywood10
Drakes Cross5

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

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 Cole 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 Cole compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Cole and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Cole is ranked #4.

#WardScore
1Druids Heath & Monyhull78
2Highter's Heath67
3Wythall East58
4Shirley West56
5Hall Green South51
6Wythall West50
7Drakes Cross46
8Hollywood37
9Shirley East35
10Blythe22
11Shirley South20

Which road in Cole has the highest level of crime?

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

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