Crime Statistics for Penkridge, Staffordshire, 2024

There were a total of 25 street level crime incidents in Penkridge in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	11
Public Order	3
Anti Social Behaviour	3
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Vehicle Crime	2
Shoplifting	1
Other Crime	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
Other Theft	1
All Crime	25

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 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.

Location	Crime Incidents
Penkridge	25
Boscomoor	25
Horsebrook (3.1 miles)	15
Longridge (1.39 miles)	14
Crateford (2.78 miles)	7
Pillaton (1.24 miles)	7
Mitton (2.77 miles)	4
Bickford (2.55 miles)	3
Dunston (2.48 miles)	1
Dunston Heath (2.56 miles)	0

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.

Location	Violent Incidents
Penkridge	11
Boscomoor	11
Longridge	9
Horsebrook	8
Crateford	6
Pillaton	4
Mitton	0
Bickford	0
Dunston	0
Dunston Heath	0

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.

#	Ward	Score
1	Cannock South	56
2	Cannock North	50
3	Penkridge West	49
4	Huntington and Hatherton	49
5	Cannock West	46
6	Wheaton Aston, Bishopswood and Lapley	45
7	Cheslyn Hay North and Saredon	33
8	Penkridge South East	30
9	Hednesford Green Heath	25
10	Brewood and Coven	23
11	Penkridge North East and Acton Trussell	16

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.