Crime Statistics for Blackhall Mill, High Westwood, Durham, 2024

There were a total of 3 street level crime incidents in Blackhall Mill in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Crime Category	Incidents
Anti Social Behaviour	2
Criminal Damage Arson	1
All Crime	3

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 Blackhall Mill. 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 Blackhall Mill

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Chopwell (1.24 miles)	33
Leadgate (1.86 miles)	30
Highfield (2.24 miles)	18
The Dene (1.24 miles)	13
Broom Hill (1.39 miles)	9
Blackhall Mill	3
Hamsterley	3
Ebchester (0.88 miles)	0
Lintzford (1.96 miles)	0
Newlands (0.88 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Blackhall Mill?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Chopwell	10
Leadgate	10
Highfield	10
The Dene	6
Broom Hill	5
Blackhall Mill	0
Hamsterley	0
Ebchester	0
Lintzford	0
Newlands	0

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

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 Blackhall Mill 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 Blackhall Mill compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Consett South	68
2	Chopwell and Rowlands Gill	56
3	Consett North	54
4	Leadgate and Medomsley	53
5	Delves Lane	52
6	Winlaton and High Spen	48
7	Prudhoe South	41
8	Benfieldside	39
9	Burnopfield and Dipton	27
10	South Tynedale	21
11	Stocksfield and Broomhaugh	9

Which road in Blackhall Mill has the highest level of crime?

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