Crime Statistics for Stony Houghton, Bolsover, Derbyshire, 2024

There were a total of 18 street level crime incidents in Stony Houghton in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Stony Houghton, 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	10
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Anti Social Behaviour	1
Burglary	1
Other Crime	1
Public Order	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	18

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 Stony Houghton. 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 Stony Houghton

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Langwith Junction (2.24 miles)	112
Shirebrook (1.96 miles)	91
Pleasley (1.39 miles)	26
Stony Houghton	18
New Houghton (0.62 miles)	18
Moorhaigh (1.96 miles)	15
Pleasleyhill (1.96 miles)	15
Rylah (1.96 miles)	11
Ault Hucknall (1.96 miles)	8
Palterton (1.75 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Stony Houghton?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Langwith Junction	46
Shirebrook	36
Pleasley	13
Stony Houghton	10
New Houghton	9
Moorhaigh	6
Pleasleyhill	6
Rylah	2
Ault Hucknall	2
Palterton	0

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

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 Stony Houghton 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 Stony Houghton compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Stanton Hill & Teversal	72
2	Abbott	68
3	Woodhouse	63
4	Park Hall	55
5	Shirebrook North	46
6	Langwith	43
7	Shirebrook South	36
8	Bolsover South	31
9	Ault Hucknall	31
10	Bolsover North & Shuttlewood	28

Which road in Stony Houghton has the highest level of crime?

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