Crime Statistics for Moorhouse, Doncaster, Doncaster, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Moorhouse in August 2024. There were a total of 68 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 Moorhouse, 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	27
Shoplifting	14
Anti Social Behaviour	7
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Public Order	4
Other Crime	3
Burglary	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
Bicycle Theft	1
Drugs	1
Other Theft	1
Vehicle Crime	1
All Crime	68

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 Moorhouse. 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 Moorhouse

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

Location	Crime Incidents
South Elmsall (0.88 miles)	351
Moorthorpe (1.39 miles)	303
Moorhouse	68
Royd Moor (3.1 miles)	68
South Kirkby (2.48 miles)	59
Badsworth (2.78 miles)	26
Hickleton (3.11 miles)	10
Hooton Pagnell (1.24 miles)	0
Hampole (1.24 miles)	0
Brodsworth (2.24 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Moorhouse?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Moorthorpe	133
South Elmsall	120
South Kirkby	41
Moorhouse	27
Royd Moor	24
Badsworth	12
Hickleton	4
Hooton Pagnell	0
Hampole	0
Brodsworth	0

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

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 Moorhouse 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 Moorhouse compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Moorhouse and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Moorhouse have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Sprotbrough.

#	Ward	Score
1	Dearne North	92
2	Mexborough	86
3	Adwick le Street & Carcroft	82
4	Bentley	82
5	South Elmsall and South Kirkby	81
6	Hemsworth	79
7	Darfield	78
8	Dearne South	74
9	North East	68
10	Roman Ridge	68
11	Sprotbrough	54

Which road in Moorhouse has the highest level of crime?

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