Crime Statistics for Hem Heath, Stoke-on-Trent, City of Stoke-on-Trent, 2024

Crime statistics for Hem Heath, Stoke-on-Trent

There were a total of 71 street level crime incidents in Hem 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 Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Hem 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 Crime30
Criminal Damage Arson11
Burglary6
Anti Social Behaviour5
Other Theft3
Shoplifting3
Possession Of Weapons3
Vehicle Crime3
Bicycle Theft3
Drugs2
Other Crime1
Public Order1
All Crime71

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 Hem 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 Hem Heath

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Longton (1.75 miles)360
Dresden (1.39 miles)197
Hollybush (1.39 miles)194
Heron Cross (1.39 miles)194
Blurton (0.88 miles)149
Sideway (1.39 miles)88
Hem Heath71
Hanford (0.88 miles)63
Newstead (0.88 miles)62
Northwood (1.96 miles)17

5.9%
of Hanford and Trentham residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Hem Heath?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Longton130
Dresden82
Hollybush73
Heron Cross73
Blurton63
Sideway45
Hanford39
Hem Heath30
Newstead20
Northwood7

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Hem 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 Hem 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 Hem Heath compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Fenton West and Mount Pleasant82
2Dresden and Florence80
3Blurton West and Newstead73
4Broadway and Longton East68
5Springfields and Trent Vale66
6Hollybush and Longton West64
7Blurton East60
8Westbury Park & Northwood36
9Barlaston32
10Hanford and Trentham23
11Swynnerton & Oulton21

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

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

Last updated: January 2024
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