Crime Statistics for Balk Field, Nottinghamshire, Nottinghamshire, 2024

There were a total of 119 street level crime incidents in Balk Field in March 2024. 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 Balk Field, 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	33
Anti Social Behaviour	22
Criminal Damage Arson	21
Vehicle Crime	10
Shoplifting	10
Other Theft	9
Public Order	5
Drugs	3
Other Crime	3
Burglary	2
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	119

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Balk Field. 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 Balk Field

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Bolham (0.88 miles)	129
Balk Field	119
Retford (0.88 miles)	103
Idle (0.82 miles)	85
Babworth (1.96 miles)	22
Clarborough (1.75 miles)	9
Lound (3.34 miles)	6
Eaton (1.86 miles)	3
North Wheatley (3.51 miles)	2
Nether Headon (3.1 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Balk Field?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Bolham	34
Balk Field	33
Retford	26
Idle	23
Babworth	14
Clarborough	5
Lound	1
Eaton	1
North Wheatley	0
Nether Headon	0

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

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 Balk Field 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 Balk Field compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Balk Field and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Balk Field is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Sutton	86
2	Welbeck	73
3	East Retford West	62
4	East Retford South	58
5	Worksop East	49
6	Ranskill	47
7	East Markham	40
8	East Retford East	37
9	East Retford North	34
10	Rampton	29
11	Sturton	6

Which road in Balk Field has the highest level of crime?

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