Crime Statistics for Blackhorse, Bury Hill, South Gloucestershire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Blackhorse in October 2024. There were a total of 258 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Blackhorse, 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	127
Shoplifting	34
Anti Social Behaviour	18
Criminal Damage Arson	16
Other Theft	16
Vehicle Crime	12
Public Order	12
Burglary	12
Drugs	4
Other Crime	3
Bicycle Theft	2
Robbery	2
All Crime	258

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 Blackhorse. 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 Blackhorse

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Frenchay (1.24 miles)	508
Downend (1.24 miles)	343
Mangotsfield (0.88 miles)	280
Blackhorse	222
Emerson’s Green (0.62 miles)	182
Hambrook (1.39 miles)	74
Moorend (0.88 miles)	73
Bromley Heath (0.88 miles)	73
Henfield (1.39 miles)	50
Kendleshire (1.24 miles)	38

Where are the most violent places near Blackhorse?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Frenchay	173
Mangotsfield	129
Blackhorse	127
Downend	100
Emerson’s Green	84
Hambrook	35
Moorend	34
Bromley Heath	34
Kendleshire	26
Henfield	25

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

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 Blackhorse 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 Blackhorse compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Blackhorse and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Blackhorse is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Frome Vale	84
2	Eastville	83
3	Hillfields	81
4	St George Central	78
5	Kingswood	70
6	Woodstock	68
7	Staple Hill & Mangotsfield	66
8	New Cheltenham	62
9	Emersons Green	40
10	Frenchay & Downend	39
11	Winterbourne	31

Which road in Blackhorse has the highest level of crime?

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