Crime Statistics for Failsworth, Oldham, Oldham, 2024

Crime statistics for Failsworth, Oldham

There were a total of 1 street level crime incidents in in January 2024. The largest category was Other Theft.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Other Theft1
All Crime1

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 Failsworth. 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 Failsworth

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Greenside (1.39 miles)1
Newton Heath (0.88 miles)1
Littlemoss (1.75 miles)1
Failsworth1
Daisy Nook (1.39 miles)0
Harpurhey (1.86 miles)0
Hollinwood (0.88 miles)0
Moston (1.24 miles)0
Knott Lanes (1.86 miles)0
New Moston (0.62 miles)0

9.71%
of Failsworth West residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Failsworth?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Greenside1
Littlemoss1
Newton Heath0
Failsworth0
Daisy Nook0
Harpurhey0
Hollinwood0
Moston0
Knott Lanes0
New Moston0

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

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 Failsworth 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 Failsworth compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Failsworth and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Failsworth is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Miles Platting & Newton Heath96
2Clayton & Openshaw94
3Charlestown91
4Ancoats & Beswick90
5Moston87
6Failsworth East86
7Chadderton South82
8Failsworth West80
9Ashton Waterloo80
10Droylsden East78
11Droylsden West76

Which road in Failsworth has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Failsworth 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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