Crime Statistics for Blakelands, Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes, 2024

Crime statistics for Blakelands, Newport Pagnell

There were a total of 133 street level crime incidents in Blakelands in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Blakelands, 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 Crime49
Shoplifting28
Vehicle Crime15
Other Theft13
Burglary8
Drugs4
Criminal Damage Arson4
Other Crime3
Public Order3
Theft From The Person2
Bicycle Theft2
Possession Of Weapons1
Anti Social Behaviour1
All Crime133

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 Blakelands. 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 Blakelands

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Neath Hill (1.39 miles)470
Downhead Park (1.24 miles)320
Great Linford (0.62 miles)136
Giffard Park133
Blakelands133
The Green (0.88 miles)99
Newport Pagnell (0.88 miles)99
Tickford End (1.39 miles)52
Tongwell (0.88 miles)51
Pineham (1.39 miles)28

12.73%
of Newport Pagnell South residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Blakelands?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Neath Hill180
Downhead Park108
Great Linford55
Giffard Park49
Blakelands49
The Green36
Newport Pagnell36
Tongwell21
Tickford End19
Pineham7

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

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 Blakelands 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 Blakelands compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Woughton & Fishermead75
2Central Milton Keynes67
3Wolverton63
4Campbell Park & Old Woughton50
5Stantonbury46
6Bradwell41
7Broughton39
8Monkston31
9Newport Pagnell South28
10Newport Pagnell North & Hanslope24
11Olney16

Which road in Blakelands has the highest level of crime?

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

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