Crime Statistics for Cannock, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Cannock in September 2024. There were a total of 236 incidents. 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 Cannock, 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	82
Shoplifting	46
Public Order	28
Anti Social Behaviour	24
Other Theft	15
Criminal Damage Arson	13
Vehicle Crime	12
Drugs	5
Other Crime	4
Possession Of Weapons	2
Robbery	2
Burglary	2
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	236

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Hednesford (1.75 miles)	329
Cannock	236
Blackfords (0.62 miles)	229
Rumer Hill	209
Church Hill (1.75 miles)	166
Oldfallow (0.88 miles)	141
Churchbridge (1.24 miles)	123
Bridgtown (1.24 miles)	123
Littlewood (1.86 miles)	115
Heath Hayes	45

Where are the most violent places near Cannock?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Hednesford	280
Blackfords	89
Cannock	82
Church Hill	70
Rumer Hill	69
Oldfallow	57
Littlewood	55
Churchbridge	49
Bridgtown	49
Heath Hayes	16

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

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 Cannock 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 Cannock compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Cannock South	56
2	Cannock East	55
3	Cannock North	50
4	Cannock West	46
5	Great Wyrley Town	37
6	Cheslyn Hay North and Saredon	33
7	Heath Hayes East and Wimblebury	31
8	Hednesford South	30
9	Hednesford Green Heath	25
10	Hawks Green	19
11	Cheslyn Hay South	19

Which road in Cannock has the highest level of crime?

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