Crime Statistics for Syke, Rochdale, Rochdale, May 2019

The aim of this article is to provide a brief overview of street level crime in Syke using the latest Police statistics. Police data is usually published two months in arrears, so May 2019 are the latest figures. The data published by the Police are incidents that were reported to them in that month, not the crimes that were prosecuted and/or had further action taken. In by far the majority of incidents, no further action is taken.

There were a total of 427 street level crime incidents in Syke in May 2019. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour. Below are these incidents broken down by category.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Syke, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	123
Anti Social Behaviour	56
Criminal Damage Arson	52
Public Order	48
Shoplifting	42
Vehicle Crime	33
Burglary	31
Other Theft	19
Other Crime	10
Robbery	5
Possession Of Weapons	4
Drugs	3
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	427

Map of street level crime incidents in May 2019

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Syke. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

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 Syke

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Spotland Bridge (1.39 miles)	502
Great Howarth (0.62 miles)	466
Syke	427
Buckley (0.62 miles)	387
Greengate (1.24 miles)	293
Healey (0.62 miles)	197
Wardle (1.39 miles)	168
Shawfield (1.39 miles)	166
Catley Lane Head (1.24 miles)	124
Broadley (0.88 miles)	63

Most violent places near Syke

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Spotland Bridge	145
Great Howarth	131
Syke	123
Buckley	119
Greengate	92
Wardle	63
Healey	53
Shawfield	42
Catley Lane Head	33
Broadley	23