Crime Statistics for Cheslyn Hay, Staffordshire, 2024

There were a total of 25 street level crime incidents in Cheslyn Hay in February 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 Cheslyn Hay, 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	11
Vehicle Crime	4
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Public Order	2
Drugs	2
Burglary	1
Other Theft	1
Other Crime	1
All Crime	25

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 Cheslyn Hay. 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 Cheslyn Hay

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Rumer Hill (1.39 miles)	224
Littlewood (0.62 miles)	100
Churchbridge (0.88 miles)	97
Bridgtown (0.88 miles)	97
Great Wyrley (1.24 miles)	76
Landywood (1.39 miles)	46
Cheslyn Hay	25
Warstone (1.24 miles)	19
Laney Green (0.88 miles)	11
Great Saredon (1.39 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Cheslyn Hay?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Rumer Hill	82
Littlewood	43
Churchbridge	39
Bridgtown	39
Great Wyrley	34
Landywood	23
Cheslyn Hay	11
Laney Green	5
Warstone	3
Great Saredon	0

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

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 Cheslyn Hay 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 Cheslyn Hay compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Essington	65
2	Willenhall North	58
3	Cannock South	56
4	Cannock East	55
5	Huntington and Hatherton	49
6	Cannock West	46
7	Featherstone and Shareshill	46
8	Great Wyrley Landywood	39
9	Great Wyrley Town	37
10	Cheslyn Hay North and Saredon	33
11	Cheslyn Hay South	19

Which road in Cheslyn Hay has the highest level of crime?

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