Crime Statistics for Rugeley, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Rugeley in September 2024. There were a total of 248 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 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	95
Shoplifting	56
Anti Social Behaviour	28
Public Order	14
Vehicle Crime	14
Other Theft	10
Criminal Damage Arson	10
Possession Of Weapons	8
Bicycle Theft	4
Burglary	4
Other Crime	3
Drugs	2
All Crime	248

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 Rugeley. 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 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.

Location	Crime Incidents
Rugeley	247
Brereton (1.39 miles)	92
Armitage (2.24 miles)	24
Breretonhill (1.96 miles)	22
Brereton Cross (2.24 miles)	12
Etchinghill (1.24 miles)	8
Colton (1.39 miles)	8
Colwich (2.63 miles)	5
Rake End (1.86 miles)	5
Bishton (1.75 miles)	3

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.

Location	Violent Incidents
Rugeley	95
Brereton	38
Armitage	12
Brereton Cross	7
Etchinghill	6
Breretonhill	5
Colton	5
Colwich	5
Rake End	2
Bishton	2

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.

#	Ward	Score
1	Hednesford North	59
2	Western Springs	57
3	Hagley	54
4	Brereton and Ravenhill	40
5	Etching Hill and The Heath	38
6	Heath Hayes East and Wimblebury	31
7	Hednesford South	30
8	Hednesford Green Heath	25
9	Rawnsley	22
10	Colton & the Ridwares	21
11	Haywood & Hixon	16

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.