Crime Statistics for Half Way Firs, Rudloe, Wiltshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Half Way Firs in August 2024. There were a total of 36 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 Half Way Firs, 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 Crime17
Anti Social Behaviour5
Public Order5
Criminal Damage Arson5
Vehicle Crime3
Other Theft1
All Crime36

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Half Way Firs. 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 Half Way Firs

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Corsham (0.62 miles)53
Leafield (0.88 miles)51
Cross Keys (1.39 miles)42
Half Way Firs36
Rudloe (0.62 miles)10
Monk’s Park (1.75 miles)9
Neston (1.39 miles)5
Biddestone (1.96 miles)4
Box Hill (1.39 miles)4
Moor Green (1.24 miles)1

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Where are the most violent places near Half Way Firs?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Leafield33
Corsham24
Cross Keys19
Half Way Firs17
Monk’s Park4
Rudloe2
Neston2
Biddestone0
Box Hill0
Moor Green0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Half Way Firs?

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 Half Way Firs 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 Half Way Firs compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Melksham North48
2Chippenham Lowden and Rowden47
3Corsham Pickwick24
4Chippenham Cepen Park and Redlands23
5Corsham Town20
6Chippenham Queens and Sheldon17
7Holt and Staverton16
8Box and Colerne15
9Corsham Without and Box Hill15
10Kington14
11Chippenham Cepen Park and Derriads9

Which road in Half Way Firs has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: August 2024
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