Crime Statistics for Higher Hurdsfield, Macclesfield, Cheshire, 2024

There were a total of 143 street level crime incidents in Higher Hurdsfield in February 2024. 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 Higher Hurdsfield, 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	61
Shoplifting	22
Other Theft	15
Public Order	12
Burglary	7
Anti Social Behaviour	5
Vehicle Crime	5
Possession Of Weapons	3
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Drugs	3
Theft From The Person	3
Bicycle Theft	2
Robbery	1
Other Crime	1
All Crime	143

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 Higher Hurdsfield. 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 Higher Hurdsfield

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Higher Hurdsfield	143
Hope Green (5.12 miles)	6
Taxal (5.33 miles)	0
Dane (6.1 miles)	0
Fernilee (5.54 miles)	0
Fernlee Reservoir (5.27 miles)	0
Horwich End (5.72 miles)	0
New Horwich (6.2 miles)	0
Knotbury (6.2 miles)	0
Errwood Reservoir (5.11 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Higher Hurdsfield?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Higher Hurdsfield	61
Hope Green	3
Taxal	0
Dane	0
Fernilee	0
Fernlee Reservoir	0
Horwich End	0
New Horwich	0
Knotbury	0
Errwood Reservoir	0

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

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 Higher Hurdsfield 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 Higher Hurdsfield compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Macclesfield South	60
2	Macclesfield Central	58
3	Macclesfield East	56
4	Macclesfield Hurdsfield	52
5	Macclesfield West and Ivy	46
6	Broken Cross and Upton	34
7	Sutton	33
8	Macclesfield Tytherington	17
9	Poynton East and Pott Shrigley	17
10	Prestbury	16
11	Bollington	15

Which road in Higher Hurdsfield has the highest level of crime?

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