Crime Statistics for Milford, Stafford, Staffordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Milford, Stafford

There were a total of 17 street level crime incidents in Milford 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 Milford, 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 Crime7
Other Theft2
Burglary2
Anti Social Behaviour2
Public Order1
Vehicle Crime1
Shoplifting1
Drugs1
All Crime17

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 Milford. 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 Milford

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Forebridge (2.56 miles)277
Sow (1.67 miles)135
Moss Pit (2.56 miles)87
Baswich (1.39 miles)69
Walton-on-the-Hill (0.88 miles)20
Milford17
Little Haywood (2.48 miles)5
Brocton (1.24 miles)2
Tixall (0.88 miles)1
Ingestre (2.24 miles)0

5.17%
of Milford (Stafford) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Milford?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Forebridge99
Sow51
Moss Pit35
Baswich32
Walton-on-the-Hill10
Milford7
Little Haywood4
Brocton0
Tixall0
Ingestre0

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

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 Milford 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 Milford compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Highfields & Western Downs59
2Manor56
3Penkside55
4Rowley51
5Coton49
6Littleworth40
7Forebridge38
8Weeping Cross & Wildwood17
9Penkridge North East and Acton Trussell16
10Milford10
11Baswich3

Which road in Milford has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: February 2024
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