Crime Statistics for Blackley, Calderdale, Calderdale, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Blackley in August 2024. There were a total of 81 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Blackley, 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	36
Public Order	11
Anti Social Behaviour	9
Other Theft	7
Burglary	6
Criminal Damage Arson	5
Vehicle Crime	3
Drugs	2
Other Crime	2
All Crime	81

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 Blackley. 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 Blackley

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Oakes (1.39 miles)	270
Birchencliffe (0.88 miles)	191
Ainley Top (0.62 miles)	170
Salendine Nook (1.24 miles)	110
Longwood Edge (1.24 miles)	110
Blackley	81
Holywell Green (1.24 miles)	54
Nettleton Hill (1.39 miles)	47
Broad Carr (0.62 miles)	39
Jagger Green (0.62 miles)	39

Where are the most violent places near Blackley?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Oakes	110
Birchencliffe	74
Ainley Top	65
Salendine Nook	55
Longwood Edge	55
Holywell Green	38
Blackley	36
Nettleton Hill	23
Broad Carr	17
Jagger Green	17

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

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 Blackley 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 Blackley compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Newsome	87
2	Greenhead	83
3	Crosland Moor and Netherton	75
4	Ashbrow	72
5	Dalton	70
6	Elland	68
7	Golcar	63
8	Lindley	63
9	Greetland and Stainland	55
10	Colne Valley	55
11	Ryburn	54

Which road in Blackley has the highest level of crime?

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