Crime Statistics for Palmers Cross, Staffordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Palmers Cross in October 2024. There were a total of 179 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Shoplifting, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Shoplifting68
Violent Crime57
Vehicle Crime21
Burglary8
Criminal Damage Arson6
Anti Social Behaviour6
Other Theft4
Drugs4
Public Order2
Possession Of Weapons2
Other Crime1
All Crime179

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 Palmers Cross. 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 Palmers Cross

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (1.22 miles)362
Claregate (0.62 miles)188
Stockwell End (0.62 miles)182
Tettenhall (0.62 miles)182
Palmers Cross156
Shropshire Union Canal (1.07 miles)109
Dam Mill (0.62 miles)97
Pendeford (0.88 miles)96
Bilbrook (1.24 miles)78
Lane Green (1.24 miles)78

4.3%
of Codsall South residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Palmers Cross?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal131
Shropshire Union Canal58
Palmers Cross57
Claregate56
Stockwell End45
Tettenhall45
Dam Mill43
Bilbrook40
Lane Green40
Pendeford39

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

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 Palmers Cross 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 Palmers Cross compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Park62
2Bilbrook40
3Bushbury North36
4Oxley30
5Wombourne North and Lower Penn29
6Tettenhall Regis28
7Codsall North23
8Tettenhall Wightwick18
9Perton Lakeside17
10Codsall South13
11Perton East7

Which road in Palmers Cross has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Palmers Cross with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Suckling Green Lane.

Last updated: October 2024
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