Crime Statistics for Far Laund, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Far Laund in October 2024. There were a total of 86 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 Far Laund, 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	42
Anti Social Behaviour	15
Other Theft	7
Public Order	6
Criminal Damage Arson	5
Other Crime	3
Burglary	2
Shoplifting	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
Drugs	1
Vehicle Crime	1
All Crime	86

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 Far Laund. 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 Far Laund

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Far Laund	86
Belper (0.88 miles)	85
Cinderhill (1.24 miles)	47
Bargate (1.24 miles)	38
Boothgate (0.88 miles)	25
Nether Heage (1.24 miles)	23
Broadholm (1.39 miles)	20
Street Lane (1.24 miles)	14
Morley Park (1.24 miles)	10
Heage (1.39 miles)	8

Where are the most violent places near Far Laund?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Far Laund	42
Belper	38
Cinderhill	36
Bargate	23
Boothgate	14
Nether Heage	12
Broadholm	8
Morley Park	7
Heage	7
Street Lane	5

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

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 Far Laund 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 Far Laund compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Ripley	34
2	Heanor and Loscoe	26
3	Shipley Park, Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse	22
4	Ripley and Marehay	20
5	Belper East	12
6	Wingfield	12
7	Belper Central	11
8	Kilburn, Denby and Holbrook	10
9	Belper South	9
10	Heage and Ambergate	6
11	Belper North	2

Which road in Far Laund has the highest level of crime?

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