Crime Statistics for Marksbury, Farmborough, Bath and North East Somerset, 2024

Crime statistics for Marksbury, Farmborough

There were a total of 10 street level crime incidents in Marksbury in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Marksbury, 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 Crime3
Other Theft2
Burglary2
Criminal Damage Arson2
Vehicle Crime1
All Crime10

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Marksbury. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Marksbury

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Timsbury (2.49 miles)12
Farmborough (1.24 miles)11
Marksbury10
Wall Mead (1.96 miles)9
Hobbs Wall (1.39 miles)7
Compton Common (1.39 miles)3
Chelwood (1.96 miles)1
Compton Dando (1.76 miles)0
Burnett (1.86 miles)0
Barrow Vale (1.75 miles)0

4.96%
of Clutton & Farmborough residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Marksbury?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Farmborough4
Timsbury3
Marksbury3
Hobbs Wall3
Wall Mead2
Compton Common1
Chelwood1
Compton Dando0
Burnett0
Barrow Vale0

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

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 Marksbury 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 Marksbury compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Marksbury and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Marksbury is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Twerton77
2Keynsham South69
3Paulton44
4Newbridge38
5Keynsham East31
6Clutton & Farmborough30
7Chew Valley30
8Saltford22
9Peasedown22
10High Littleton17
11Timsbury11

Which road in Marksbury has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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