Crime Statistics for Blackpole, Worcester, Worcestershire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Blackpole in October 2024. There were a total of 253 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 Blackpole, 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	98
Anti Social Behaviour	50
Shoplifting	23
Criminal Damage Arson	19
Public Order	16
Vehicle Crime	10
Other Theft	9
Drugs	9
Burglary	8
Other Crime	3
Possession Of Weapons	3
Theft From The Person	2
Robbery	2
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	253

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 Blackpole. 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 Blackpole

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Brickfields (0.62 miles)	1136
Rainbow Hill (0.88 miles)	955
Tolladine (1.24 miles)	591
Blackpole	253
Northwick (1.24 miles)	149
Barbourne (1.24 miles)	84
Claines (0.88 miles)	57
Lower Town (1.24 miles)	48
Fernhill Heath (1.24 miles)	25
Bevere (1.75 miles)	17

Where are the most violent places near Blackpole?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Brickfields	808
Rainbow Hill	349
Tolladine	214
Blackpole	98
Northwick	60
Barbourne	33
Lower Town	19
Claines	17
Fernhill Heath	11
Bevere	6

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

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 Blackpole 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 Blackpole compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Warndon	86
2	Gorse Hill	86
3	Cathedral	81
4	Rainbow Hill	78
5	Arboretum	68
6	Nunnery	54
7	St Stephen	48
8	Warndon Parish South	47
9	Bedwardine	32
10	Claines	28
11	Warndon Parish North	26

Which road in Blackpole has the highest level of crime?

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