Crime Statistics for Sideway, Hanford, City of Stoke-on-Trent, 2024

There were a total of 80 street level crime incidents in Sideway 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 Sideway, 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	34
Anti Social Behaviour	12
Criminal Damage Arson	7
Other Theft	6
Public Order	6
Vehicle Crime	5
Other Crime	3
Shoplifting	2
Burglary	2
Robbery	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	80

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 Sideway. 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 Sideway

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Stoke-upon-Trent (1.24 miles)	348
Boothen (0.62 miles)	254
Hollybush (1.24 miles)	167
Heron Cross (1.24 miles)	167
Oak Hill (0.88 miles)	156
Penkhull (0.88 miles)	156
Springfields (0.88 miles)	156
Sideway	80
Hanford (0.62 miles)	48
Northwood (1.39 miles)	11

Where are the most violent places near Sideway?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Stoke-upon-Trent	125
Boothen	89
Hollybush	68
Heron Cross	68
Oak Hill	64
Penkhull	64
Springfields	64
Sideway	34
Hanford	12
Northwood	5

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

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 Sideway 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 Sideway compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Sideway and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Sideway is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Fenton West and Mount Pleasant	82
2	Hanley Park and Shelton	76
3	Boothen and Oak Hill	71
4	Town	69
5	Springfields and Trent Vale	66
6	Hollybush and Longton West	64
7	Penkhull and Stoke	62
8	Blurton East	60
9	Hartshill and Basford	56
10	Clayton	47
11	Westbury Park & Northwood	36

Which road in Sideway has the highest level of crime?

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