Crime Statistics for Blackpole, Worcester, Worcestershire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Blackpole in August 2024. There were a total of 462 incidents. 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 Blackpole, 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 Crime187
Anti Social Behaviour92
Shoplifting40
Criminal Damage Arson40
Other Theft28
Public Order23
Vehicle Crime21
Burglary10
Other Crime8
Drugs6
Robbery4
Theft From The Person3
All Crime462

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Blackpole. 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 Blackpole

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Brickfields (0.62 miles)706
Tolladine (1.24 miles)539
Rainbow Hill (0.88 miles)502
Blackpole440
Northwick (1.24 miles)177
Barbourne (1.24 miles)119
Claines (0.88 miles)74
Lower Town (1.24 miles)34
Fernhill Heath (1.24 miles)34
Bevere (1.75 miles)7

8.86%
of St Stephen (Worcester) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Blackpole?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Brickfields359
Tolladine225
Blackpole187
Rainbow Hill177
Northwick78
Barbourne43
Fernhill Heath16
Claines14
Lower Town12
Bevere0

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

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 Blackpole 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 Blackpole compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Blackpole and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Blackpole is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Warndon86
2Gorse Hill86
3Cathedral81
4Rainbow Hill78
5Arboretum68
6Nunnery54
7St Stephen48
8Warndon Parish South47
9Bedwardine32
10Claines28
11Warndon Parish North26

Which road in Blackpole has the highest level of crime?

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

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