Crime Statistics for Balterley Heath, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Cheshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Balterley Heath, Newcastle-under-Lyme

There were a total of 5 street level crime incidents in Balterley Heath in January 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 Balterley Heath, 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 Crime3
Anti Social Behaviour1
Burglary1
All Crime5

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Balterley Heath. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Balterley Heath

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Barthomley (1.75 miles)7
Balterley Heath5
Gorstyhill5
Betley Common (1.24 miles)5
Buddileigh (0.88 miles)4
Betley (1.39 miles)4
Ravenshall (1.96 miles)3
Englesea-brook (0.88 miles)2
Balterley (1.24 miles)1
Balterley Green (1.24 miles)1

5.49%
of Wybunbury residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Balterley Heath?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Barthomley3
Balterley Heath3
Gorstyhill3
Betley Common2
Buddileigh2
Betley2
Ravenshall2
Englesea-brook1
Balterley0
Balterley Green0

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

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 Balterley Heath 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 Balterley Heath compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Crewe Central89
2Crewe South75
3Crewe East56
4Crewe West54
5Market Drayton East44
6Audley43
7Madeley & Betley17
8Shavington14
9Haslington11
10Willaston and Rope10
11Wybunbury10

Which road in Balterley Heath has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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