Crime Statistics for Blackmarstone, Hereford, Herefordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Blackmarstone, Hereford

There were a total of 267 street level crime incidents in Blackmarstone in January 2024. 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 Blackmarstone, 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 Crime112
Anti Social Behaviour49
Criminal Damage Arson30
Shoplifting21
Public Order16
Other Theft13
Drugs8
Burglary8
Vehicle Crime2
Other Crime2
Bicycle Theft2
Theft From The Person2
Robbery1
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime267

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 Blackmarstone. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Blackmarstone

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Hereford (0.88 miles)346
Bartonsham (0.62 miles)332
Aylestone Hill (1.39 miles)304
Blackmarstone267
Red Hill (0.62 miles)119
Broomy Hill (0.62 miles)109
Moor Park (0.88 miles)81
Grafton (1.39 miles)39
Lower Bullingham (1.39 miles)36
Warham (1.24 miles)26

13.62%
of Hinton & Hunderton residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Blackmarstone?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Bartonsham135
Hereford129
Blackmarstone112
Aylestone Hill110
Red Hill67
Broomy Hill63
Moor Park37
Grafton20
Lower Bullingham17
Warham14

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

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 Blackmarstone 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 Blackmarstone compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Blackmarstone and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Blackmarstone is ranked #2.

#WardScore
1Newton Farm66
2Hinton & Hunderton63
3Central61
4Saxon Gate49
5Greyfriars46
6Widemarsh42
7Whitecross34
8College30
9Belmont Rural29
10Kings Acre21

Which road in Blackmarstone has the highest level of crime?

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

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