Crime Statistics for High Lane, Stockport, Stockport, 2024

There were a total of 4 street level crime incidents in High Lane in January 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 High Lane, 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	2
Anti Social Behaviour	2
All Crime	4

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 High Lane. 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 High Lane

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Hague Bar (1.86 miles)	10
Brook Bottom (1.96 miles)	7
High Lane	4
Torkington (1.39 miles)	2
Offerton Green (2.24 miles)	1
Peak Forest Canal (1.81 miles)	0
Marple (1.86 miles)	0
Marpleridge (1.24 miles)	0
Goyt (1.48 miles)	0
The Banks (1.75 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near High Lane?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Hague Bar	6
Brook Bottom	5
High Lane	2
Torkington	1
Offerton Green	1
Peak Forest Canal	0
Marple	0
Marpleridge	0
Goyt	0
The Banks	0

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

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 High Lane 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 High Lane compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to High Lane and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. High Lane is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Offerton	68
2	Stepping Hill	56
3	Marple North	47
4	Disley	45
5	Hazel Grove	42
6	Marple South and High Lane	39
7	New Mills East	24
8	Poynton East and Pott Shrigley	17
9	New Mills West	16
10	Sett	16
11	Poynton West and Adlington	14

Which road in High Lane has the highest level of crime?

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