Crime Statistics for Rugeley, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Rugeley, Cannock Chase

There were a total of 124 street level crime incidents in Rugeley in January 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 Rugeley, 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 Crime58
Other Theft13
Shoplifting10
Burglary9
Anti Social Behaviour9
Vehicle Crime9
Public Order7
Criminal Damage Arson6
Drugs2
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime124

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 Rugeley. 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 Rugeley

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Rugeley124
Brereton (1.39 miles)55
Armitage (2.24 miles)18
Breretonhill (1.96 miles)17
Colton (1.39 miles)16
Etchinghill (1.24 miles)14
Brereton Cross (2.24 miles)10
Bishton (1.75 miles)5
Colwich (2.63 miles)3
Rake End (1.86 miles)2

4.96%
of Western Springs residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Rugeley?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Rugeley58
Brereton25
Breretonhill9
Colton8
Armitage7
Etchinghill7
Brereton Cross4
Rake End2
Bishton1
Colwich0

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

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 Rugeley 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 Rugeley compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Rugeley and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Rugeley is ranked #2.

#WardScore
1Hednesford North59
2Western Springs57
3Hagley54
4Brereton and Ravenhill40
5Etching Hill and The Heath38
6Heath Hayes East and Wimblebury31
7Hednesford South30
8Hednesford Green Heath25
9Rawnsley22
10Colton & the Ridwares21
11Haywood & Hixon16

Which road in Rugeley has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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