Crime Statistics for The Forties, Derbyshire, 2024

There were a total of 7 street level crime incidents in The Forties in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Vehicle Crime, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Vehicle Crime	3
Violent Crime	1
Public Order	1
Shoplifting	1
Anti Social Behaviour	1
All Crime	7

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 The Forties. 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 The Forties

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Money Hill (1.39 miles)	70
Ashby-de-la-Zouch (1.96 miles)	63
Annwell Place (0.62 miles)	25
Blackfordby (1.75 miles)	17
Boundary (0.88 miles)	13
Shellbrook (1.96 miles)	9
The Forties	7
Goseley Dale (1.39 miles)	2
Foremark Reservoir (2.2 miles)	1
Hartshorne (1.75 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near The Forties?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Money Hill	30
Ashby-de-la-Zouch	29
Annwell Place	8
Blackfordby	5
Boundary	4
Shellbrook	2
Goseley Dale	2
The Forties	1
Foremark Reservoir	1
Hartshorne	1

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

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 The Forties 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 The Forties compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to The Forties and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. The Forties is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Ashby Money Hill	41
2	Ashby Woulds	40
3	Ashby Holywell	36
4	Blackfordby	36
5	Ashby Ivanhoe	36
6	Church Gresley	34
7	Ashby Willesley	33
8	Oakthorpe & Donisthorpe	33
9	Swadlincote	28
10	Ashby Castle	25
11	Woodville	23

Which road in The Forties has the highest level of crime?

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