Crime Statistics for Hanchurch, Stafford, Staffordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Hanchurch, Stafford

There were a total of 2 street level crime incidents in Hanchurch in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Hanchurch, 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 Crime1
Burglary1
All Crime2

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Hanchurch. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Hanchurch

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Sideway (2.24 miles)88
Hanford (1.96 miles)63
Northwood (0.88 miles)17
Butterton (0.88 miles)2
Hanchurch2
Beech (1.96 miles)1
Beechcliff (1.96 miles)1
Shelton under Harley (2.24 miles)1
Acton (1.24 miles)0
Knowl Wall (1.39 miles)0

9.18%
of Westbury Park & Northwood residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Hanchurch?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Sideway45
Hanford39
Northwood7
Butterton1
Hanchurch1
Beech0
Beechcliff0
Shelton under Harley0
Acton0
Knowl Wall0

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

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 Hanchurch 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 Hanchurch compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Hanchurch and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Hanchurch is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Blurton West and Newstead73
2Boothen and Oak Hill71
3Town69
4Springfields and Trent Vale66
5Clayton47
6Thistleberry40
7Westlands38
8Westbury Park & Northwood36
9Hanford and Trentham23
10Swynnerton & Oulton21

Which road in Hanchurch has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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