Crime Statistics for Blackford Bridge, Bury, Bury, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Blackford Bridge in August 2024. There was only 1 incident. See where that was on the map below.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Blackford Bridge, 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 Crime1
All Crime1

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

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

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Fishpool (1.24 miles)3
Gigg (1.39 miles)2
Hollins (0.88 miles)2
Redvales (0.62 miles)2
Blackford Bridge1
Irwell (1.36 miles)1
Radcliffe (1.24 miles)1
Unsworth (0.62 miles)1
Oak Bank (1.39 miles)0
Chapel Field (0.88 miles)0

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of residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Blackford Bridge?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Fishpool2
Redvales2
Gigg1
Hollins1
Blackford Bridge1
Irwell1
Radcliffe1
Unsworth1
Oak Bank0
Chapel Field0

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

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 Blackford Bridge 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 Blackford Bridge compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1East92
2Moorside84
3Radcliffe West77
4Redvales76
5St Mary's75
6Besses72
7Holyrood64
8Pilkington Park64
9Unsworth60
10Church52
11Elton49

Which road in Blackford Bridge has the highest level of crime?

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

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