Crime Statistics for Brook Bottom, High Peak, Cheshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Brook Bottom, High Peak

There were a total of 7 street level crime incidents in Brook Bottom in January 2024. 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 Brook Bottom, 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 Crime5
Criminal Damage Arson1
Burglary1
All Crime7

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 Brook Bottom. 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 Brook Bottom

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Hague Bar10
Brook Bottom7
High Lane (1.96 miles)4
Moorend (1.39 miles)0
Mill Brow (1.96 miles)0
Peak Forest Canal (1.76 miles)0
Marple (2.24 miles)0
Marpleridge (1.96 miles)0
Goyt (1.22 miles)0
The Banks (0.88 miles)0

5.06%
of New Mills West residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Brook Bottom?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Hague Bar6
Brook Bottom5
High Lane2
Moorend0
Mill Brow0
Peak Forest Canal0
Marple0
Marpleridge0
Goyt0
The Banks0

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

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 Brook Bottom 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 Brook Bottom compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Offerton68
2Marple North47
3Disley45
4Hazel Grove42
5Marple South and High Lane39
6New Mills East24
7Poynton East and Pott Shrigley17
8New Mills West16
9Sett16
10Hayfield14
11Whaley Bridge10

Which road in Brook Bottom has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Brook Bottom 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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