Crime Statistics for Hobroyd, High Peak, Derbyshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Hobroyd, High Peak

There were a total of 55 street level crime incidents in Hobroyd 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 Hobroyd, 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 Crime23
Shoplifting6
Burglary6
Anti Social Behaviour5
Other Theft4
Criminal Damage Arson4
Public Order3
Vehicle Crime2
Possession Of Weapons1
Drugs1
All Crime55

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 Hobroyd. 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 Hobroyd

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Higher Dinting93
Old Glossop (1.39 miles)81
Brookfield (1.39 miles)60
Hobroyd55
Hargate Hill25
Charlestown (0.88 miles)18
Moorfield (1.39 miles)16
Charlesworth (1.24 miles)6
Holehouse (1.39 miles)5
Chunal (1.39 miles)0

3.58%
of Simmondley residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Hobroyd?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Higher Dinting32
Old Glossop30
Hobroyd23
Brookfield19
Hargate Hill10
Charlestown7
Moorfield5
Charlesworth4
Holehouse3
Chunal0

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

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 Hobroyd 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 Hobroyd compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Hobroyd and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Hobroyd have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Longdendale.

#WardScore
1Longdendale75
2Tintwistle44
3Howard Town27
4Gamesley26
5Padfield24
6Hadfield North19
7Whitfield19
8Hadfield South17
9Dinting15
10Old Glossop13
11Simmondley5

Which road in Hobroyd has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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