Crime Statistics for Lower Crossings, High Peak, Derbyshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Lower Crossings, High Peak

There were a total of 14 street level crime incidents in Lower Crossings in January 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 Lower Crossings, 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 Crime6
Criminal Damage Arson2
Drugs2
Vehicle Crime1
Anti Social Behaviour1
Burglary1
Public Order1
All Crime14

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 Lower Crossings. 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 Lower Crossings

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Chapel Milton (0.88 miles)42
Townend (1.39 miles)41
Crist (1.39 miles)40
Chapel-en-le-Frith34
New Smithy (1.39 miles)25
Lower Crossings14
Bridgeholm Green (0.62 miles)14
Chinley (1.24 miles)7
Turnstead Milton (0.62 miles)3
Cockyard (0.62 miles)2

4.09%
of Chapel West residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Lower Crossings?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Chapel Milton15
Townend15
Chapel-en-le-Frith12
Crist10
Lower Crossings6
New Smithy5
Bridgeholm Green4
Chinley2
Turnstead Milton2
Cockyard0

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

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 Lower Crossings 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 Lower Crossings compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Lower Crossings and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Lower Crossings is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Buxton Central63
2Barms57
3Stone Bench47
4Corbar37
5New Mills East24
6Hayfield14
7Whaley Bridge10
8Limestone Peak10
9Chapel West9
10Chapel East8
11Blackbrook5

Which road in Lower Crossings has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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