Crime Statistics for Rugeley, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Rugeley in August 2024. There were a total of 145 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime62
Anti Social Behaviour28
Public Order11
Shoplifting10
Criminal Damage Arson9
Burglary7
Other Theft6
Vehicle Crime5
Bicycle Theft2
Other Crime2
Possession Of Weapons2
Drugs1
All Crime145

Map of street level crime incidents in August 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.

LocationCrime Incidents
Rugeley145
Brereton (1.39 miles)60
Armitage (2.24 miles)24
Colton (1.39 miles)17
Breretonhill (1.96 miles)16
Etchinghill (1.24 miles)10
Brereton Cross (2.24 miles)9
Colwich (2.63 miles)3
Bishton (1.75 miles)3
Rake End (1.86 miles)3

4.96%
of Western Springs residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



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.

LocationViolent Incidents
Rugeley62
Brereton27
Armitage12
Breretonhill6
Brereton Cross6
Colton5
Etchinghill4
Bishton2
Rake End2
Colwich1

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.

#WardScore
1Hednesford North59
2Western Springs57
3Hagley54
4Brereton and Ravenhill40
5Etching Hill and The Heath38
6Heath Hayes East and Wimblebury31
7Hednesford South30
8Hednesford Green Heath25
9Rawnsley22
10Colton & the Ridwares21
11Haywood & Hixon16

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 this marker.

Last updated: August 2024
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