Crime Statistics for Heron Cross, Stoke-on-Trent, City of Stoke-on-Trent, 2024

There were a total of 167 street level crime incidents in Heron Cross in February 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 Heron Cross, 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	68
Anti Social Behaviour	16
Criminal Damage Arson	15
Public Order	14
Shoplifting	11
Other Theft	10
Burglary	9
Vehicle Crime	7
Drugs	7
Other Crime	4
Bicycle Theft	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	167

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 Heron Cross. 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 Heron Cross

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Fenton Low (1.24 miles)	340
Sandford Hill (1.39 miles)	298
Adderley Green (1.39 miles)	298
Longton (0.62 miles)	290
Fenton (0.62 miles)	274
Dresden (0.88 miles)	190
Hollybush	167
Heron Cross	167
Blurton (0.62 miles)	130
Sideway (1.24 miles)	80

Where are the most violent places near Heron Cross?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Longton	101
Fenton Low	100
Sandford Hill	96
Adderley Green	96
Dresden	80
Fenton	79
Hollybush	68
Heron Cross	68
Blurton	58
Sideway	34

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Heron Cross?

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 Heron Cross 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 Heron Cross compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Fenton East	88
2	Fenton West and Mount Pleasant	82
3	Dresden and Florence	80
4	Sandford Hill	73
5	Boothen and Oak Hill	71
6	Broadway and Longton East	68
7	Springfields and Trent Vale	66
8	Hollybush and Longton West	64
9	Penkhull and Stoke	62
10	Blurton East	60
11	Meir Hay	51

Which road in Heron Cross has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Heron Cross with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Central Drive.