Crime Statistics for Hooton, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Hooton in October 2024. There were a total of 28 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Hooton, 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	14
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Anti Social Behaviour	3
Public Order	2
Other Theft	2
Bicycle Theft	1
Vehicle Crime	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	28

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Garston (4.48 miles)	158
Spital (3.34 miles)	103
Port Sunlight (4.16 miles)	101
Bromborough (2.78 miles)	97
Bromborough Pool (3.93 miles)	92
Brookhurst (1.75 miles)	66
Lower Bebington (3.62 miles)	40
Bebington (3.62 miles)	40
Hooton	28
Brimstage (4.47 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Hooton?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Port Sunlight	60
Garston	54
Brookhurst	43
Spital	34
Bromborough	30
Bromborough Pool	29
Lower Bebington	23
Bebington	19
Hooton	14
Brimstage	0

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

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 Hooton 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 Hooton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Hooton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Hooton is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Central & Grange	75
2	Netherpool	63
3	Sutton Villages	55
4	Whitby Park	55
5	Gowy Rural	32
6	Whitby Groves	30
7	Willaston & Thornton	28
8	Eastham	25
9	Ledsham & Manor	15
10	Strawberry	10

Which road in Hooton has the highest level of crime?

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