Crime Statistics for Colton, Lichfield, Staffordshire, 2024

There were a total of 12 street level crime incidents in Colton in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Public Order, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Public Order	3
Violent Crime	3
Burglary	2
Anti Social Behaviour	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
Other Crime	1
Criminal Damage Arson	1
All Crime	12

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 Colton. 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 Colton

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Rugeley (1.39 miles)	104
Brereton (2.48 miles)	26
Pipe Ridware (3.1 miles)	16
Armitage (2.78 miles)	12
Colton	12
Etchinghill (2.24 miles)	9
Colwich (2.56 miles)	5
Abbots Bromley (3.1 miles)	4
Rake End (1.76 miles)	3
Bishton (1.86 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Colton?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Rugeley	44
Brereton	14
Pipe Ridware	7
Armitage	7
Etchinghill	5
Colwich	4
Colton	3
Rake End	2
Bishton	2
Abbots Bromley	0

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

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 Colton 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 Colton compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Hednesford North	59
2	Western Springs	57
3	Hagley	54
4	Brereton and Ravenhill	40
5	Etching Hill and The Heath	38
6	Heath Hayes East and Wimblebury	31
7	Rawnsley	22
8	Armitage with Handsacre	21
9	Colton & the Ridwares	21
10	Haywood & Hixon	16
11	Yoxall	16

Which road in Colton has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Colton with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Trent Valley Trading Estate.