Crime Statistics for Beaconside, Stafford, Staffordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Beaconside, Stafford

There were a total of 324 street level crime incidents in Beaconside 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 Beaconside, 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 Crime122
Anti Social Behaviour37
Public Order34
Criminal Damage Arson32
Other Theft28
Shoplifting24
Burglary11
Drugs8
Bicycle Theft7
Robbery7
Vehicle Crime6
Possession Of Weapons4
Other Crime3
Theft From The Person1
All Crime324

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 Beaconside. 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 Beaconside

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Stafford (0.88 miles)396
Forebridge (1.39 miles)359
Beaconside324
Castletown (1.39 miles)287
Tillington (1.24 miles)244
Rowley Park (1.75 miles)205
Sow (1.08 miles)189
Parkside (1.39 miles)144
Baswich (1.39 miles)96
Hopton (1.39 miles)5

17.4%
of Coton residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Beaconside?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Stafford161
Forebridge153
Beaconside122
Castletown112
Tillington97
Sow93
Rowley Park86
Parkside71
Baswich54
Hopton2

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

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 Beaconside 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 Beaconside compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Beaconside and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Beaconside is ranked #5.

#WardScore
1Highfields & Western Downs59
2Manor56
3Penkside55
4Rowley51
5Coton49
6Common46
7Doxey & Castletown45
8Littleworth40
9Forebridge38
10Holmcroft30
11Baswich3

Which road in Beaconside has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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