Crime Statistics for Blythe Bridge, Stafford, Staffordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Blythe Bridge in September 2024. There were a total of 52 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 Blythe Bridge, 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	21
Shoplifting	10
Public Order	6
Anti Social Behaviour	6
Burglary	3
Vehicle Crime	3
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Other Crime	1
All Crime	52

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 Blythe Bridge. 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 Blythe Bridge

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Cookshill (1.39 miles)	283
Roughcote (1.96 miles)	95
Blythe Marsh	52
Blythe Bridge	43
Caverswall (0.62 miles)	40
Moor Green	26
Forsbrook	26
Stonehouses (1.39 miles)	16
Rough Close (2.24 miles)	6
Boundary (1.96 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Blythe Bridge?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Cookshill	250
Roughcote	72
Blythe Marsh	42
Caverswall	41
Blythe Bridge	21
Moor Green	14
Forsbrook	11
Stonehouses	5
Rough Close	3
Boundary	1

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

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 Blythe Bridge 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 Blythe Bridge compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Blythe Bridge and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Resident in Blythe Bridge have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Dresden and Florence.

#	Ward	Score
1	Dresden and Florence	80
2	Meir South	74
3	Lightwood North and Normacot	73
4	Meir North	70
5	Broadway and Longton East	68
6	Caverswall	67
7	Meir Hay	51
8	Meir Park	45
9	Weston Coyney	42
10	Forsbrook	26
11	Fulford	24

Which road in Blythe Bridge has the highest level of crime?

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