Crime Statistics for Bridgemont, High Peak, Derbyshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Bridgemont, High Peak

There were a total of 44 street level crime incidents in Bridgemont 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 Bridgemont, 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 Crime10
Shoplifting6
Burglary6
Vehicle Crime6
Public Order5
Criminal Damage Arson4
Other Theft3
Anti Social Behaviour2
Drugs1
Other Crime1
All Crime44

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 Bridgemont. 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 Bridgemont

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Bridgemont44
Crist (0.88 miles)40
Buxworth34
Peak Forest Canal28
Waterside28
Gowhole28
New Horwich (1.24 miles)28
Furness Vale (0.88 miles)17
Horwich End (1.39 miles)16
Goyt (0.87 miles)14

3.48%
of Whaley Bridge residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Bridgemont?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Bridgemont10
Crist10
New Horwich7
Buxworth6
Peak Forest Canal6
Waterside6
Gowhole6
Horwich End6
Furness Vale4
Goyt2

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

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 Bridgemont 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 Bridgemont compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bridgemont and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bridgemont is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Disley45
2Marple South and High Lane39
3New Mills East24
4New Mills West16
5Sett16
6Hayfield14
7Whaley Bridge10
8Limestone Peak10
9Chapel West9
10Chapel East8
11Blackbrook5

Which road in Bridgemont has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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