Crime Statistics for Dales Green, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, 2024

There were a total of 34 street level crime incidents in Dales Green in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Dales Green, 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	16
Anti Social Behaviour	5
Burglary	5
Criminal Damage Arson	5
Other Theft	2
Public Order	1
All Crime	34

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Dales Green. 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 Dales Green

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Packmoor (1.39 miles)	80
Newchapel (1.39 miles)	80
Red Bull (1.39 miles)	60
Stadmorslow (0.88 miles)	42
Dales Green	34
Newpool (1.24 miles)	29
Brown Lees (1.24 miles)	29
Harriseahead (0.62 miles)	27
Hall Green (1.24 miles)	19
The Bank (0.88 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Dales Green?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Packmoor	37
Newchapel	37
Red Bull	25
Stadmorslow	17
Dales Green	16
Newpool	15
Brown Lees	15
Harriseahead	11
Hall Green	9
The Bank	1

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

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 Dales Green 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 Dales Green compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Tunstall	88
2	Goldenhill and Sandyford	83
3	Little Chell and Stanfield	80
4	Great Chell and Packmoor	65
5	Bradeley and Chell Heath	60
6	Biddulph East	56
7	Talke & Butt Lane	51
8	Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe	46
9	Biddulph West	45
10	Newchapel & Mow Cop	36
11	Alsager	21

Which road in Dales Green has the highest level of crime?

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