Crime Statistics for Ruffs, Nottinghamshire, Nottinghamshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Ruffs, Nottinghamshire

There were a total of 92 street level crime incidents in Ruffs in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Shoplifting, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Shoplifting33
Violent Crime24
Public Order7
Other Theft7
Criminal Damage Arson6
Burglary4
Vehicle Crime3
Possession Of Weapons2
Anti Social Behaviour2
Drugs2
Other Crime2
All Crime92

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 Ruffs. 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 Ruffs

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Bulwell Forest (2.24 miles)362
Bulwell (1.96 miles)295
Butler’s Hill (1.24 miles)183
Broomhill (1.24 miles)183
Bestwood Village (1.96 miles)109
Ruffs92
Beauvale92
Bogend (2.24 miles)55
Watnall (2.24 miles)47
Greasley (1.96 miles)15

4.48%
of Hucknall West residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Ruffs?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Bulwell Forest128
Bulwell102
Butler’s Hill60
Broomhill60
Bestwood Village50
Ruffs24
Beauvale24
Bogend14
Watnall8
Greasley7

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

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 Ruffs 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 Ruffs compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Bulwell74
2Hucknall Central72
3Hucknall South70
4Bulwell Forest64
5Eastwood Hilltop60
6Hucknall North57
7Kimberley49
8Nuthall East & Strelley48
9Hucknall West40
10Watnall & Nuthall West39
11Greasley28

Which road in Ruffs has the highest level of crime?

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

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