Crime Statistics for Marchington, Staffordshire, 2024

There were a total of 10 street level crime incidents in Marchington in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Marchington, 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	8
Other Theft	2
All Crime	10

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 Marchington. 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 Marchington

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Doveridge (2.78 miles)	15
Marchington	10
Draycott in the Clay (1.75 miles)	9
Moreton (0.88 miles)	6
Hanbury Woodend (3.1 miles)	6
Hanbury (3.1 miles)	4
Birch Cross (0.62 miles)	1
Palmer Moor (1.86 miles)	0
Foston (3.16 miles)	0
Oaks Green (2.24 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Marchington?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Marchington	8
Draycott in the Clay	5
Doveridge	4
Moreton	3
Hanbury Woodend	3
Hanbury	3
Birch Cross	0
Palmer Moor	0
Foston	0
Oaks Green	0

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

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 Marchington 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 Marchington compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Marchington and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Marchington is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Town	52
2	Heath	32
3	Crown	27
4	Tutbury and Outwoods	20
5	Yoxall	16
6	Rolleston on Dove	15
7	Bagots	14
8	Churnet	11
9	Doveridge and Sudbury	11
10	Hilton	10
11	Hatton	1

Which road in Marchington has the highest level of crime?

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