Crime Statistics for Norton-in-the-Moors, Norton-Le-Moors, City of Stoke-on-Trent, 2024

There were a total of 210 street level crime incidents in Norton-in-the-Moors in February 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 Norton-in-the-Moors, 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	116
Criminal Damage Arson	18
Anti Social Behaviour	17
Other Theft	16
Public Order	13
Vehicle Crime	11
Other Crime	6
Burglary	3
Shoplifting	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Robbery	2
Drugs	2
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	210

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 Norton-in-the-Moors. 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 Norton-in-the-Moors

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Bank Top (1.24 miles)	356
Ford Green (0.88 miles)	346
Chell Heath (1.39 miles)	294
Great Chell (1.39 miles)	294
Norton-in-the-Moors	210
Milton (0.88 miles)	164
Baddeley Green (0.62 miles)	142
Ball Green (0.62 miles)	111
Cornhill (0.62 miles)	111
Norton Green (0.88 miles)	98

Where are the most violent places near Norton-in-the-Moors?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Ford Green	157
Bank Top	125
Norton-in-the-Moors	116
Chell Heath	98
Great Chell	98
Milton	85
Baddeley Green	80
Ball Green	64
Cornhill	64
Norton Green	51

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Norton-in-the-Moors?

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 Norton-in-the-Moors 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 Norton-in-the-Moors compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Norton-in-the-Moors and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Norton-in-the-Moors is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Burslem Central	93
2	Moorcroft	90
3	Little Chell and Stanfield	80
4	Burslem Park	79
5	Ford Green and Smallthorne	77
6	Great Chell and Packmoor	65
7	Bradeley and Chell Heath	60
8	Sneyd Green	59
9	Baddeley, Milton and Norton	54
10	Bagnall and Stanley	25
11	Brown Edge and Endon	9

Which road in Norton-in-the-Moors has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Norton-in-the-Moors with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Fell Street.