Crime Statistics for Drakelow, Wyre Forest, Worcestershire, 2024

Crime statistics for Drakelow, Wyre Forest

There were a total of 9 street level crime incidents in Drakelow in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Drakelow, 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 Crime3
Vehicle Crime2
Anti Social Behaviour1
Criminal Damage Arson1
Other Theft1
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime9

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 Drakelow. 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 Drakelow

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Greenhill (2.24 miles)279
Franche (1.24 miles)165
Broadwaters (1.75 miles)164
Cookley (1.24 miles)19
Stour (2.3 miles)15
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (2.46 miles)10
Caunsall (1.96 miles)9
Drakelow9
Blakeshall (0.88 miles)5
Shatterford (1.96 miles)2

3.26%
of Wyre Forest Rural residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Drakelow?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Greenhill83
Broadwaters61
Franche53
Cookley7
Stour6
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal3
Caunsall3
Drakelow3
Blakeshall0
Shatterford0

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

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 Drakelow 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 Drakelow compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Drakelow and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Drakelow is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Foley Park & Hoobrook66
2Blakebrook & Habberley South65
3Broadwaters57
4Offmore & Comberton55
5Wribbenhall & Arley49
6Aggborough & Spennells49
7Wyre Forest Rural47
8Kinver39
9Franche & Habberley North33
10Bewdley & Rock32
11Alveley and Claverley19

Which road in Drakelow has the highest level of crime?

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

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