Crime Statistics for Malvern Link, Malvern Hills, Worcestershire, 2024

There were a total of 145 street level crime incidents in Malvern Link 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 Malvern Link, 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	50
Shoplifting	29
Anti Social Behaviour	17
Other Theft	12
Criminal Damage Arson	11
Public Order	8
Burglary	5
Possession Of Weapons	4
Other Crime	4
Vehicle Crime	3
Drugs	2
All Crime	145

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 Malvern Link. 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 Malvern Link

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Malvern Link	145
Great Malvern (0.62 miles)	118
Sherrard’s Green (0.88 miles)	112
Lower Howsell (0.62 miles)	106
Newland (0.88 miles)	94
Madresfield (1.24 miles)	85
Barnards Green (1.24 miles)	73
Pin’s Green (1.76 miles)	35
Interfield (1.39 miles)	28
Crumpton Hill (1.39 miles)	15

Where are the most violent places near Malvern Link?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Malvern Link	50
Great Malvern	47
Sherrard’s Green	43
Lower Howsell	41
Newland	37
Madresfield	26
Barnards Green	23
Interfield	14
Pin’s Green	11
Crumpton Hill	6

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

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 Malvern Link 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 Malvern Link compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	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	Wells	18
11	Broadheath	17

Which road in Malvern Link has the highest level of crime?

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