Crime Statistics for Blackfordby, Leicestershire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Blackfordby in September 2024. There were a total of 28 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 Blackfordby, 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 Crime10
Anti Social Behaviour5
Criminal Damage Arson4
Other Theft4
Public Order3
Vehicle Crime2
All Crime28

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 Blackfordby. 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 Blackfordby

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Albert Village (1.39 miles)167
Goseley Dale (1.86 miles)165
Money Hill (1.86 miles)111
Moira (1.39 miles)34
Annwell Place (1.39 miles)34
Boundary (0.88 miles)32
Blackfordby28
Spring Cottage (1.39 miles)16
The Forties (1.75 miles)16
Shellbrook (0.88 miles)15

3.08%
of Blackfordby residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Blackfordby?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Money Hill72
Goseley Dale67
Albert Village53
Moira24
Boundary23
Annwell Place16
Blackfordby10
The Forties6
Spring Cottage5
Shellbrook4

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

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 Blackfordby 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 Blackfordby compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Blackfordby and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Blackfordby is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1Ashby Woulds40
2Ashby Holywell36
3Blackfordby36
4Ashby Ivanhoe36
5Church Gresley34
6Linton34
7Ashby Willesley33
8Oakthorpe & Donisthorpe33
9Swadlincote28
10Ashby Castle25
11Seales25

Which road in Blackfordby has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: September 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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