Crime Statistics for Hem Heath, Stoke-on-Trent, City of Stoke-on-Trent, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Hem Heath in September 2024. There were a total of 74 incidents. 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 Hem Heath, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	37
Shoplifting	6
Public Order	6
Anti Social Behaviour	6
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Other Theft	4
Other Crime	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Burglary	2
Drugs	2
Vehicle Crime	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	74

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Longton (1.75 miles)	371
Heron Cross (1.39 miles)	204
Dresden (1.39 miles)	184
Hollybush (1.39 miles)	165
Blurton (0.88 miles)	140
Sideway (1.39 miles)	87
Hem Heath	74
Newstead (0.88 miles)	60
Hanford (0.88 miles)	52
Northwood (1.96 miles)	18

Where are the most violent places near Hem Heath?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Hollybush	156
Longton	141
Heron Cross	99
Dresden	95
Blurton	72
Sideway	48
Hem Heath	37
Hanford	36
Newstead	34
Northwood	10

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

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 Hem Heath 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 Hem Heath compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Fenton West and Mount Pleasant	82
2	Dresden and Florence	80
3	Blurton West and Newstead	73
4	Broadway and Longton East	68
5	Springfields and Trent Vale	66
6	Hollybush and Longton West	64
7	Blurton East	60
8	Westbury Park & Northwood	36
9	Barlaston	32
10	Hanford and Trentham	23
11	Swynnerton & Oulton	21

Which road in Hem Heath has the highest level of crime?

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