Crime Statistics for Blackfords, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, 2024

There were a total of 162 street level crime incidents in Blackfords in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Blackfords, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	59
Shoplifting	25
Public Order	20
Anti Social Behaviour	17
Criminal Damage Arson	12
Burglary	7
Other Theft	7
Vehicle Crime	6
Drugs	4
Other Crime	3
Robbery	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	162

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Blackfords. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

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 Blackfords

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Cannock (0.62 miles)	174
Blackfords	162
Rumer Hill (1.24 miles)	154
Oldfallow	112
Green Heath (1.39 miles)	109
Hednesford (1.39 miles)	104
Church Hill (1.39 miles)	104
Churchbridge (1.86 miles)	97
Bridgtown (1.86 miles)	97
Heath Hayes (1.96 miles)	44

Where are the most violent places near Blackfords?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Cannock	61
Blackfords	59
Rumer Hill	53
Green Heath	53
Hednesford	48
Church Hill	48
Oldfallow	39
Churchbridge	39
Bridgtown	39
Heath Hayes	20

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

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 Blackfords 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 Blackfords compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Hednesford North	59
2	Cannock South	56
3	Cannock East	55
4	Cannock North	50
5	Cannock West	46
6	Great Wyrley Town	37
7	Cheslyn Hay North and Saredon	33
8	Heath Hayes East and Wimblebury	31
9	Hednesford South	30
10	Hednesford Green Heath	25
11	Hawks Green	19

Which road in Blackfords has the highest level of crime?

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