Crime Statistics for Shaw Heath, Stockport, Stockport, 2024

Crime statistics for Shaw Heath, Stockport

There were a total of 16 street level crime incidents in Shaw Heath in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Shoplifting, followed by Public Order.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Shoplifting4
Public Order3
Drugs3
Other Theft2
Burglary1
Theft From The Person1
Criminal Damage Arson1
Violent Crime1
All Crime16

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 Shaw Heath. 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 Shaw Heath

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Stockport (0.62 miles)16
Portwood (0.88 miles)16
Edgeley (0.62 miles)16
Shaw Heath16
Heaton Norris (0.88 miles)16
Little Moor (1.24 miles)2
Adswood (0.88 miles)2
Heaviley (0.88 miles)2
Cale Green (0.62 miles)0
Cheadle Heath (1.24 miles)0

11.61%
of Davenport and Cale Green residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Shaw Heath?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Little Moor2
Heaviley2
Stockport1
Portwood1
Edgeley1
Shaw Heath1
Heaton Norris1
Adswood0
Cale Green0
Cheadle Heath0

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

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 Shaw Heath 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 Shaw Heath compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Brinnington and Central88
2Edgeley and Cheadle Heath88
3Davenport and Cale Green77
4Reddish South75
5Manor73
6Heatons South71
7Offerton68
8Cheadle Hulme North68
9Stepping Hill56
10Hazel Grove42
11Bramhall North30

Which road in Shaw Heath has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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