Crime Statistics for Black Dam, Basingstoke, Hampshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Black Dam in September 2024. There were a total of 278 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Black Dam, 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 Crime96
Public Order33
Shoplifting29
Criminal Damage Arson26
Other Theft20
Anti Social Behaviour18
Vehicle Crime13
Bicycle Theft12
Burglary10
Drugs7
Other Crime5
Possession Of Weapons3
Theft From The Person3
Robbery3
All Crime278

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

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

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Basingstoke (0.88 miles)605
Oakridge (1.39 miles)414
South View (0.88 miles)344
Popley (1.86 miles)271
Daneshill (1.39 miles)264
South Ham (1.86 miles)185
Black Dam164
Cranbourne (0.88 miles)102
Brighton Hill (1.75 miles)70
Old Basing (1.39 miles)25

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Where are the most violent places near Black Dam?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Basingstoke232
Oakridge148
Popley126
South View125
Daneshill99
Black Dam96
South Ham86
Cranbourne61
Brighton Hill34
Old Basing6

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

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 Black Dam 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 Black Dam compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Black Dam and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Black Dam is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1South Ham86
2Eastrop74
3Buckskin70
4Brookvale and Kings Furlong69
5Norden66
6Popley West58
7Brighton Hill North46
8Brighton Hill South45
9Grove32
10Kempshott24
11Basing19

Which road in Black Dam has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: September 2024
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