Crime Statistics for Boulton, Derby, City of Derby, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Boulton in August 2024. There were a total of 346 incidents. 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 Boulton, 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 Crime126
Anti Social Behaviour66
Public Order51
Other Theft21
Criminal Damage Arson19
Burglary14
Shoplifting13
Vehicle Crime12
Drugs11
Other Crime6
Possession Of Weapons2
Theft From The Person2
Robbery2
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime346

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 Boulton. 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 Boulton

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Litchurch (2.24 miles)978
Alvaston (0.62 miles)578
Crewton (0.88 miles)441
Pear Tree (1.96 miles)412
Boulton346
Boulton Moor346
Shelton Lock (0.88 miles)253
Allenton (1.24 miles)253
Chellaston (1.39 miles)109
Thulston (1.39 miles)50

10.89%
of Chellaston residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Boulton?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Litchurch330
Alvaston285
Pear Tree171
Crewton170
Boulton126
Boulton Moor126
Shelton Lock107
Allenton81
Chellaston37
Thulston16

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

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 Boulton 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 Boulton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Boulton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Boulton is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Arboretum81
2Normanton66
3Boulton65
4Alvaston63
5Sinfin56
6Aston44
7Chaddesden39
8Stenson38
9Chellaston32
10Ockbrook & Borrowash23
11Spondon20

Which road in Boulton has the highest level of crime?

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

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