Crime Statistics for Sandford Hill, Normacot, City of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 2024

There were a total of 298 street level crime incidents in Sandford Hill in February 2024. 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 Sandford Hill, 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	96
Anti Social Behaviour	51
Public Order	32
Criminal Damage Arson	27
Other Theft	21
Vehicle Crime	17
Shoplifting	14
Burglary	12
Drugs	10
Other Crime	8
Possession Of Weapons	6
Bicycle Theft	2
Theft From The Person	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	298

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Fenton Low (1.39 miles)	340
Sandford Hill	298
Adderley Green	298
Longton (0.88 miles)	290
Fenton (1.24 miles)	274
Ubberley (1.24 miles)	236
Bentilee (1.24 miles)	236
Dresden (1.39 miles)	190
Hollybush (1.39 miles)	167
Heron Cross (1.39 miles)	167

Where are the most violent places near Sandford Hill?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Ubberley	107
Bentilee	107
Longton	101
Fenton Low	100
Sandford Hill	96
Adderley Green	96
Dresden	80
Fenton	79
Hollybush	68
Heron Cross	68

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

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 Sandford Hill 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 Sandford Hill compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Fenton East	88
2	Bentilee and Ubberley	86
3	Dresden and Florence	80
4	Meir South	74
5	Lightwood North and Normacot	73
6	Sandford Hill	73
7	Broadway and Longton East	68
8	Hollybush and Longton West	64
9	Blurton East	60
10	Meir Hay	51
11	Weston Coyney	42

Which road in Sandford Hill has the highest level of crime?

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