Crime Statistics for Stoke Pound, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, 2024

There were a total of 12 street level crime incidents in Stoke Pound in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Stoke Pound, 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	7
Anti Social Behaviour	3
Other Theft	1
Criminal Damage Arson	1
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 Stoke Pound. 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 Stoke Pound

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Aston Fields (1.24 miles)	110
Charford (1.39 miles)	88
Stoke Heath (1.39 miles)	33
Upper Gambolds (0.88 miles)	17
Stoke Pound	12
Stoke Prior (1.24 miles)	12
Stoke Wharf (0.88 miles)	12
Harbours Hill (1.39 miles)	3
Sharpway Gate (1.39 miles)	3
Piper’s Hill (1.24 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Stoke Pound?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Aston Fields	48
Charford	40
Stoke Heath	15
Upper Gambolds	7
Stoke Pound	7
Stoke Prior	6
Stoke Wharf	6
Harbours Hill	1
Sharpway Gate	1
Piper’s Hill	0

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

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 Stoke Pound 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 Stoke Pound compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Sidemoor	75
2	Dodderhill	73
3	Charford	62
4	Hill Top	59
5	Sanders Park	56
6	Bromsgrove Central	47
7	Lowes Hill	45
8	Slideslow	23
9	Aston Fields	20
10	Avoncroft	15

Which road in Stoke Pound has the highest level of crime?

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