Crime Statistics for Heron Cross, Stoke-on-Trent, City of Stoke-on-Trent, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Heron Cross in September 2024. There were a total of 204 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 Heron Cross, 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 Crime99
Criminal Damage Arson22
Anti Social Behaviour18
Shoplifting16
Public Order14
Other Theft9
Burglary9
Vehicle Crime6
Other Crime5
Drugs3
Robbery2
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime204

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 Heron Cross. 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 Heron Cross

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Fenton (0.62 miles)562
Fenton Low (1.24 miles)550
Adderley Green (1.39 miles)524
Longton (0.62 miles)371
Sandford Hill (1.39 miles)357
Heron Cross204
Dresden (0.88 miles)184
Hollybush165
Blurton (0.62 miles)140
Sideway (1.24 miles)87

6.27%
of Hollybush and Longton West residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Heron Cross?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Adderley Green246
Fenton Low227
Fenton225
Sandford Hill191
Hollybush156
Longton141
Heron Cross99
Dresden95
Blurton72
Sideway48

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

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 Heron Cross 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 Heron Cross compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Fenton East88
2Fenton West and Mount Pleasant82
3Dresden and Florence80
4Sandford Hill73
5Boothen and Oak Hill71
6Broadway and Longton East68
7Springfields and Trent Vale66
8Hollybush and Longton West64
9Penkhull and Stoke62
10Blurton East60
11Meir Hay51

Which road in Heron Cross has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: September 2024
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