Crime Statistics for Haregate, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Haregate, Staffordshire Moorlands

There were a total of 132 street level crime incidents in Haregate in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Haregate, 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 Crime58
Shoplifting26
Criminal Damage Arson11
Anti Social Behaviour11
Other Theft6
Public Order6
Burglary4
Possession Of Weapons3
Drugs2
Vehicle Crime2
Other Crime2
Theft From The Person1
All Crime132

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 Haregate. 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 Haregate

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Haregate132
Ball Haye Green130
Abbey Green (1.24 miles)85
New Mills74
Lowe Hill (1.24 miles)34
Barnfields (1.75 miles)26
Blackshaw Moor (1.39 miles)17
Churnet (1.93 miles)2
Poolend (1.96 miles)0
Tittesworth Reservoir (1.43 miles)0

4.23%
of Leek East residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Haregate?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Ball Haye Green60
Haregate58
New Mills41
Abbey Green33
Blackshaw Moor13
Barnfields10
Lowe Hill8
Churnet2
Poolend0
Tittesworth Reservoir0

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

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 Haregate 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 Haregate compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Haregate and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Haregate is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1Dane59
2Leek North55
3Leek East46
4Leek South37
5Leek West25
6Biddulph South20
7Horton10
8Cheddleton10
9Brown Edge and Endon9
10Biddulph Moor7
11Ipstones3

Which road in Haregate has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: February 2024
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