Crime Statistics for Blacknest, Beggar’s Bush, Berkshire, 2024

There were a total of 30 street level crime incidents in Blacknest in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Blacknest, 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	12
Burglary	6
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Anti Social Behaviour	2
Other Theft	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
Shoplifting	1
Public Order	1
Drugs	1
Other Crime	1
All Crime	30

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Ascot (1.86 miles)	40
Blacknest	30
Tittenhurst	30
Broomhall (1.24 miles)	25
South Ascot (1.96 miles)	24
Shrubs Hill (0.88 miles)	22
Trumps Green (2.56 miles)	20
Cheapside (0.88 miles)	17
Knowle Hill (2.24 miles)	5
Brick Hill (2.48 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Blacknest?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Ascot	20
South Ascot	13
Blacknest	12
Tittenhurst	12
Broomhall	11
Shrubs Hill	9
Cheapside	9
Trumps Green	8
Knowle Hill	1
Brick Hill	1

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

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 Blacknest 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 Blacknest compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Englefield Green West	58
2	Longcross, Lyne & Chertsey South	43
3	Englefield Green East	39
4	Old Windsor	37
5	Windlesham & Chobham	34
6	Virginia Water	30
7	Ascot & Sunninghill	20
8	Crown Wood	17
9	Lightwater	12
10	Sunningdale & Cheapside	10
11	Ascot	8

Which road in Blacknest has the highest level of crime?

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