Crime Statistics for Rumer Hill, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Rumer Hill, Cannock Chase

There were a total of 224 street level crime incidents in Rumer Hill in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Rumer Hill, 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 Crime82
Shoplifting41
Vehicle Crime17
Anti Social Behaviour16
Public Order14
Other Theft14
Criminal Damage Arson13
Possession Of Weapons7
Robbery6
Burglary5
Drugs4
Other Crime3
Theft From The Person2
All Crime224

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 Rumer Hill. 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 Rumer Hill

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Cannock271
Blackfords (1.24 miles)254
Rumer Hill224
Oldfallow (1.39 miles)176
Churchbridge (0.62 miles)109
Bridgtown (0.62 miles)109
Littlewood (1.24 miles)95
Great Wyrley (1.39 miles)65
Cheslyn Hay (1.39 miles)25
Four Crosses (1.86 miles)1

5.42%
of Cannock South residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Rumer Hill?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Blackfords105
Cannock101
Rumer Hill82
Oldfallow76
Churchbridge50
Bridgtown50
Littlewood40
Great Wyrley29
Cheslyn Hay14
Four Crosses1

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

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 Rumer Hill 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 Rumer Hill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Rumer Hill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Rumer Hill have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Cheslyn Hay South.

#WardScore
1Cannock South56
2Cannock East55
3Cannock North50
4Cannock West46
5Great Wyrley Landywood39
6Great Wyrley Town37
7Cheslyn Hay North and Saredon33
8Hednesford South30
9Hednesford Green Heath25
10Hawks Green19
11Cheslyn Hay South19

Which road in Rumer Hill has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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