Crime Statistics for Blackpole, Worcester, Worcestershire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Blackpole in September 2024. There were a total of 1032 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	368
Anti Social Behaviour	144
Shoplifting	116
Criminal Damage Arson	112
Public Order	80
Other Theft	44
Burglary	40
Other Crime	36
Drugs	36
Vehicle Crime	24
Possession Of Weapons	16
Bicycle Theft	8
Robbery	8
All Crime	1032

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 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)	555
Tolladine (1.24 miles)	537
Blackpole	514
Rainbow Hill (0.88 miles)	488
Claines (0.88 miles)	120
Barbourne (1.24 miles)	75
Northwick (1.24 miles)	75
Fernhill Heath (1.24 miles)	26
Lower Town (1.24 miles)	13
Bevere (1.75 miles)	8

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
Blackpole	368
Brickfields	195
Tolladine	187
Rainbow Hill	163
Claines	29
Barbourne	21
Northwick	21
Fernhill Heath	20
Lower Town	5
Bevere	4

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.