Crime Statistics for Lacey Green, Wilmslow, Cheshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Lacey Green, Wilmslow

There were a total of 73 street level crime incidents in Lacey Green in January 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 Lacey Green, 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 Crime23
Shoplifting12
Criminal Damage Arson8
Burglary7
Other Theft7
Public Order6
Drugs3
Anti Social Behaviour3
Possession Of Weapons2
Robbery1
Other Crime1
All Crime73

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 Lacey Green. 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 Lacey Green

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Finney Green (0.62 miles)122
Handforth (0.88 miles)112
Gillbent (1.75 miles)85
Lacey Green73
Heald Green (1.96 miles)30
Moss Nook (1.96 miles)12
Warburton Green (3.34 miles)4
Hale Barns (3.62 miles)3
Cheadle Hulme (3.1 miles)3
Peel Hall (3.17 miles)0

8.77%
of Wilmslow West and Chorley residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Lacey Green?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Handforth51
Finney Green48
Gillbent36
Lacey Green23
Heald Green13
Moss Nook6
Warburton Green3
Hale Barns2
Cheadle Hulme1
Peel Hall0

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

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 Lacey Green 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 Lacey Green compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Lacey Green and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Lacey Green is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Woodhouse Park84
2Heald Green58
3Wilmslow Lacey Green48
4Handforth41
5Cheadle Hulme South37
6Wilmslow West and Chorley30
7Wilmslow East27
8Wilmslow Dean Row25
9Bramhall South and Woodford24
10Mobberley23
11Alderley Edge18

Which road in Lacey Green has the highest level of crime?

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

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