Crime Statistics for Castlecroft, Staffordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Castlecroft, Castlecroft

There were a total of 60 street level crime incidents in Castlecroft in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Castlecroft, 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 Crime33
Burglary7
Vehicle Crime5
Anti Social Behaviour4
Criminal Damage Arson4
Public Order3
Drugs2
Other Crime1
Robbery1
All Crime60

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 Castlecroft. 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 Castlecroft

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Newbridge (1.76 miles)244
Penn (1.39 miles)141
Compton (0.88 miles)104
Stockwell End (1.96 miles)93
Tettenhall (1.96 miles)93
Colton Hills (2.24 miles)66
Tettenhall Wood (1.24 miles)64
Castlecroft60
Spring Hill (1.39 miles)52
Lower Penn (1.24 miles)24

4.52%
of Wombourne North and Lower Penn residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Castlecroft?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Newbridge105
Penn79
Compton49
Colton Hills38
Castlecroft33
Stockwell End30
Tettenhall30
Spring Hill29
Tettenhall Wood16
Lower Penn10

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

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 Castlecroft 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 Castlecroft compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Castlecroft and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Castlecroft is ranked #2.

#WardScore
1Graiseley65
2Wombourne North and Lower Penn29
3Perton Dippons28
4Merry Hill25
5Penn22
6Wombourne South East18
7Tettenhall Wightwick18
8Perton Lakeside17
9Pattingham and Patshull16
10Codsall South13
11Perton East7

Which road in Castlecroft has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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