Crime Statistics for Baldock, Hertfordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Baldock in October 2024. There were a total of 279 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 Baldock, 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	104
Anti Social Behaviour	64
Vehicle Crime	23
Criminal Damage Arson	18
Other Theft	18
Public Order	12
Shoplifting	11
Other Crime	8
Burglary	6
Drugs	6
Possession Of Weapons	4
Bicycle Theft	2
Robbery	2
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	279

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 Baldock. 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 Baldock

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Baldock	262
Clothall Common (0.62 miles)	159
Norton (0.88 miles)	147
Radwell (1.75 miles)	120
Stotfold (2.63 miles)	42
Caldecote (3.17 miles)	31
Newnham (2.48 miles)	8
Damask Green (2.56 miles)	5
Bygrave (1.75 miles)	4
Clothall (2.24 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Baldock?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Baldock	104
Clothall Common	63
Norton	47
Radwell	31
Caldecote	22
Stotfold	12
Newnham	2
Damask Green	2
Bygrave	1
Clothall	0

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

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 Baldock 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 Baldock compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Baldock and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Baldock have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Hitchin Walsworth.

#	Ward	Score
1	Baldock Town	46
2	Letchworth Wilbury	45
3	Letchworth East	45
4	Letchworth South West	43
5	Letchworth South East	41
6	Letchworth Grange	40
7	Cadwell	40
8	Hitchin Bearton	39
9	Arbury	32
10	Baldock East	25
11	Hitchin Walsworth	20

Which road in Baldock has the highest level of crime?

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