Crime Statistics for Badgeney, March, Cambridgeshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Badgeney in October 2024. There were a total of 456 incidents. 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 Badgeney, 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	188
Anti Social Behaviour	84
Shoplifting	44
Public Order	32
Criminal Damage Arson	24
Other Crime	20
Vehicle Crime	20
Other Theft	12
Drugs	12
Possession Of Weapons	12
Theft From The Person	4
Robbery	4
All Crime	456

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Badgeney. 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 Badgeney

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Badgeney	228
Norwoodside (1.39 miles)	106
Little London (0.62 miles)	105
March (0.62 miles)	105
Peas Hill (1.39 miles)	75
Town End (0.88 miles)	31
Hook (1.86 miles)	11
Knight’s End (1.75 miles)	6
Iron Bridge (3.92 miles)	2
Stonea (2.63 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Badgeney?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Badgeney	188
Norwoodside	41
Little London	38
March	38
Peas Hill	26
Town End	20
Hook	3
Knight’s End	3
Iron Bridge	0
Stonea	0

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

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 Badgeney 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 Badgeney compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Badgeney and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Badgeney is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Slade Lode	60
2	Wenneye	54
3	Elm & Christchurch	50
4	March North	46
5	March East	44
6	Ramsey	38
7	March West	37
8	Benwick, Coates & Eastrea	30
9	Doddington & Wimblington	23
10	Downham Villages	16

Which road in Badgeney has the highest level of crime?

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