Crime Statistics for Penkridge, Staffordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Penkridge in July 2024. There were a total of 31 incidents. 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 Penkridge, 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 Crime13
Vehicle Crime3
Public Order3
Criminal Damage Arson3
Other Theft3
Shoplifting2
Anti Social Behaviour2
Burglary2
All Crime31

Map of street level crime incidents in July 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Penkridge. 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 Penkridge

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Penkridge31
Boscomoor23
Horsebrook (3.1 miles)16
Longridge (1.39 miles)9
Crateford (2.78 miles)8
Pillaton (1.24 miles)5
Bickford (2.55 miles)2
Mitton (2.77 miles)2
Dunston (2.48 miles)1
Dunston Heath (2.56 miles)0

1.68%
of Penkridge South East residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Penkridge?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Horsebrook15
Penkridge13
Boscomoor13
Crateford3
Pillaton3
Longridge1
Mitton1
Bickford0
Dunston0
Dunston Heath0

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

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 Penkridge 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 Penkridge compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Cannock South56
2Cannock North50
3Penkridge West49
4Huntington and Hatherton49
5Cannock West46
6Wheaton Aston, Bishopswood and Lapley45
7Cheslyn Hay North and Saredon33
8Penkridge South East30
9Hednesford Green Heath25
10Brewood and Coven23
11Penkridge North East and Acton Trussell16

Which road in Penkridge has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: July 2024
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