Crime Statistics for Wallbank, Rochdale, Rochdale, 2024

Crime statistics for Wallbank, Rochdale

There were a total of 24 street level crime incidents in Wallbank 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 Wallbank, 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 Crime8
Criminal Damage Arson6
Anti Social Behaviour6
Possession Of Weapons2
Burglary1
Vehicle Crime1
All Crime24

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 Wallbank. 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 Wallbank

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Millgate (1.39 miles)34
Facit (1.39 miles)34
Wallbank24
Broadley (0.88 miles)18
Syke (1.75 miles)1
Healey (1.39 miles)1
Catley Lane Head (1.24 miles)0
Cutgate (1.96 miles)0
Rain Shore (1.75 miles)0
Shawfield (1.86 miles)0

3.54%
of Healey and Whitworth residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Wallbank?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Millgate15
Facit15
Wallbank8
Broadley5
Syke0
Healey0
Catley Lane Head0
Cutgate0
Rain Shore0
Shawfield0

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

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 Wallbank 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 Wallbank compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Central Rochdale95
2Milkstone and Deeplish93
3Smallbridge and Firgrove92
4Spotland and Falinge87
5Bamford81
6Healey80
7Stacksteads78
8Wardle and West Littleborough73
9Irwell70
10Facit and Shawforth67
11Healey and Whitworth54

Which road in Wallbank has the highest level of crime?

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