Crime Statistics for Blount’s Green, Staffordshire, 2024

There were a total of 10 street level crime incidents in Blount’s Green in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Blount’s Green, 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	5
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Public Order	1
All Crime	10

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 Blount’s Green. 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 Blount’s Green

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Spath (1.96 miles)	37
Balance Hill (0.62 miles)	16
Doveridge (2.77 miles)	15
Stramshall (1.86 miles)	14
Creighton (2.56 miles)	12
Blount’s Green	10
Crakemarsh (2.78 miles)	7
Beamhurst Lane (1.96 miles)	2
Beamhurst (2.78 miles)	1
Dagdale (1.75 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Blount’s Green?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Spath	18
Balance Hill	10
Creighton	9
Stramshall	6
Blount’s Green	5
Crakemarsh	5
Doveridge	4
Beamhurst Lane	0
Beamhurst	0
Dagdale	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Blount’s Green?

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 Blount’s Green 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 Blount’s Green compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Blount’s Green and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Blount’s Green have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Alton.

#	Ward	Score
1	Town	52
2	Cheadle South East	37
3	Heath	32
4	Crown	27
5	Abbey	16
6	Bagots	14
7	Checkley	12
8	Churnet	11
9	Milwich	11
10	Doveridge and Sudbury	11
11	Alton	6

Which road in Blount’s Green has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Blount’s Green with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around West Hill.