Crime Statistics for Blythe Marsh, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, 2024

There were a total of 19 street level crime incidents in Blythe Marsh in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Criminal Damage Arson, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Violent Crime	5
Anti Social Behaviour	3
Burglary	2
Public Order	1
Other Crime	1
Vehicle Crime	1
All Crime	19

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 Blythe Marsh. 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 Marsh

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Cookshill (1.76 miles)	142
Roughcote (2.24 miles)	75
Caverswall (0.88 miles)	74
Blythe Bridge	47
Moor Green	19
Blythe Marsh	19
Forsbrook	19
Brookhouses (2.24 miles)	10
Stonehouses (0.88 miles)	5
Boundary (1.39 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Blythe Marsh?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Cookshill	56
Roughcote	35
Caverswall	23
Blythe Bridge	10
Moor Green	5
Blythe Marsh	5
Forsbrook	5
Brookhouses	5
Boundary	1
Stonehouses	0

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

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 Marsh 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 Marsh compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Blythe Marsh and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Blythe Marsh is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Dresden and Florence	80
2	Meir South	74
3	Lightwood North and Normacot	73
4	Meir North	70
5	Broadway and Longton East	68
6	Caverswall	67
7	Meir Park	45
8	Weston Coyney	42
9	Forsbrook	26
10	Fulford	24
11	Cheadle West	21

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

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