How neighbourhoods moved each quarter
2023
Whole-area crime rate 19.2 to 27.6 per 1,000 (high: Q1 2023).
Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): The Shay 4th→8th (Q3)
2024
Whole-area crime rate 15.8 to 21.2 per 1,000 (high: Q3 2024).
Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): The Shay 7th→3rd (Q1)
Hill Top 2nd→6th (Q1)
Clayton 7th→2nd (Q4)
2025
Whole-area crime rate 17.3 to 21.1 per 1,000 (high: Q2 2025).
Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): Clayton 2nd→8th (Q1)
Clayton 8th→4th (Q2)
Catherine Slack 6th→10th (Q2)
Clayton 4th→9th (Q3)
The Shay 7th→2nd (Q4)
Old Dolphin 6th→10th (Q4)
2026
Whole-area crime rate 17.6 to 18.5 per 1,000 (high: Q2 2026). 2 quarters so far.
Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): Denholme Clough 5th→1st (Q1)
The Shay 2nd→8th (Q1)
Catherine Slack 7th→2nd (Q2)
Reported Safety Incidents
In Q2 2026: violent incidents were 44% (123), public order incidents were 25% (70), property incidents were 24% (66) and vehicle crimes were 6% (18).
Recorded crime here is grouped into violent crime, property crime (burglary and theft), vehicle crime and public order offences, so you can compare how safe each neighbourhood is for the kind of crime that matters to you.
Places we left out, and places to read with care
Left out: Keelham; Sun Side; West Scholes. They have almost no residents: their crimes are against visitors, so a rate per resident says little about living there.
The Shay (21.6 per 1,000 from 7 crimes among 324 residents), Town End (2.6 per 1,000 from 1 crime among 386 residents), Clayton (21.9 per 1,000 from 9 crimes among 411 residents), Denholme Clough (7.6 per 1,000 from 4 crimes among 525 residents) and Old Dolphin (21.5 per 1,000 from 18 crimes among 838 residents) are places with few residents (under 3,000): a rate on so few people says little about living there, so they are not named as the lowest or highest.








