Crime Statistics for Colton Hills, Staffordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Colton Hills, Colton Hills

There were a total of 66 street level crime incidents in Colton Hills in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Colton Hills, 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 Crime38
Vehicle Crime7
Burglary6
Other Theft4
Criminal Damage Arson4
Public Order2
Possession Of Weapons2
Anti Social Behaviour1
Drugs1
Other Crime1
All Crime66

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 Colton Hills. 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 Colton Hills

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Blakenhall (1.39 miles)439
Parkfield (1.39 miles)240
Ettingshall Park (1.24 miles)218
Lanesfield (1.24 miles)218
Cinder Hill (1.39 miles)205
Penn (0.88 miles)141
Colton Hills66
Spring Hill (1.24 miles)52
Lower Penn (1.86 miles)24
Gospel End Village (1.39 miles)16

15.16%
of Penn residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Colton Hills?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Blakenhall175
Parkfield117
Cinder Hill105
Ettingshall Park101
Lanesfield101
Penn79
Colton Hills38
Spring Hill29
Lower Penn10
Gospel End Village8

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

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 Colton Hills 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 Colton Hills compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Graiseley65
2Himley and Swindon64
3Ettingshall64
4Blakenhall63
5Upper Gornal and Woodsetton54
6Spring Vale51
7Gornal40
8Sedgley39
9Merry Hill25
10Penn22
11Wombourne South East18

Which road in Colton Hills has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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