Crime Statistics for Sideway, Hanford, City of Stoke-on-Trent, 2024

Crime statistics for Sideway, Hanford

There were a total of 88 street level crime incidents in Sideway in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Sideway, 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 Crime45
Burglary9
Anti Social Behaviour9
Criminal Damage Arson6
Public Order6
Vehicle Crime4
Other Crime3
Other Theft2
Possession Of Weapons1
Drugs1
Bicycle Theft1
Shoplifting1
All Crime88

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 Sideway. 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 Sideway

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Stoke-upon-Trent (1.24 miles)356
Boothen (0.62 miles)262
Hollybush (1.24 miles)194
Heron Cross (1.24 miles)194
Oak Hill (0.88 miles)166
Penkhull (0.88 miles)166
Springfields (0.88 miles)166
Sideway88
Hanford (0.62 miles)63
Northwood (1.39 miles)17

17.16%
of Springfields and Trent Vale residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Sideway?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Stoke-upon-Trent130
Boothen99
Oak Hill79
Penkhull79
Springfields79
Hollybush73
Heron Cross73
Sideway45
Hanford39
Northwood7

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

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 Sideway 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 Sideway compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Fenton West and Mount Pleasant82
2Hanley Park and Shelton76
3Boothen and Oak Hill71
4Town69
5Springfields and Trent Vale66
6Hollybush and Longton West64
7Penkhull and Stoke62
8Blurton East60
9Hartshill and Basford56
10Clayton47
11Westbury Park & Northwood36

Which road in Sideway has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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