Crime Statistics for Blythe Bridge, Stafford, Staffordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Blythe Bridge in August 2024. There were a total of 69 incidents. 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 Blythe Bridge, 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 Crime25
Anti Social Behaviour11
Shoplifting8
Criminal Damage Arson7
Burglary6
Public Order4
Other Theft3
Drugs2
Vehicle Crime1
Robbery1
Other Crime1
All Crime69

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Blythe Bridge. 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 Blythe Bridge

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Cookshill (1.39 miles)261
Caverswall (0.62 miles)76
Blythe Bridge69
Roughcote (1.96 miles)62
Moor Green43
Blythe Marsh43
Forsbrook43
Stonehouses (1.39 miles)17
Boundary (1.96 miles)3
Rough Close (2.24 miles)1

2.89%
of Fulford residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Blythe Bridge?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Cookshill108
Caverswall28
Roughcote26
Blythe Bridge25
Moor Green20
Blythe Marsh20
Forsbrook20
Stonehouses6
Boundary1
Rough Close0

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

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 Blythe Bridge 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 Blythe Bridge compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Blythe Bridge and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Resident in Blythe Bridge have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Dresden and Florence.

#WardScore
1Dresden and Florence80
2Meir South74
3Lightwood North and Normacot73
4Meir North70
5Broadway and Longton East68
6Caverswall67
7Meir Hay51
8Meir Park45
9Weston Coyney42
10Forsbrook26
11Fulford24

Which road in Blythe Bridge has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: August 2024
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