Crime Statistics for Caverswall, Stafford, Staffordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Caverswall in October 2024. There were a total of 84 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Caverswall, 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	38
Public Order	10
Anti Social Behaviour	9
Shoplifting	7
Burglary	5
Robbery	3
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Drugs	2
Other Theft	2
Bicycle Theft	2
Vehicle Crime	2
Other Crime	1
All Crime	84

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Cookshill (0.88 miles)	201
Caverswall	84
Blythe Bridge (0.62 miles)	78
Forsbrook (0.88 miles)	63
Moor Green (0.88 miles)	57
Roughcote (1.39 miles)	56
Blythe Marsh (0.88 miles)	39
Stonehouses (1.76 miles)	25
Brookhouses (2.56 miles)	24
Boundary (1.86 miles)	5

Where are the most violent places near Caverswall?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Cookshill	108
Caverswall	38
Forsbrook	36
Moor Green	33
Roughcote	32
Blythe Bridge	27
Brookhouses	22
Blythe Marsh	20
Stonehouses	12
Boundary	2

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

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 Caverswall 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 Caverswall compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Caverswall and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Caverswall is ranked #8.

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

Which road in Caverswall has the highest level of crime?

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