Crime Statistics for Sow, Stafford, Staffordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Sow in August 2024. There were a total of 160 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 Sow, 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	72
Anti Social Behaviour	22
Public Order	21
Criminal Damage Arson	12
Shoplifting	11
Other Theft	8
Burglary	4
Drugs	3
Bicycle Theft	3
Robbery	2
Vehicle Crime	2
All Crime	160

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 Sow. 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 Sow

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Forebridge (1.08 miles)	320
Stafford (1.12 miles)	314
Castletown (1.71 miles)	264
Beaconside (1.08 miles)	230
Rowley Park (1.69 miles)	183
Moss Pit (1.83 miles)	173
Sow	155
Baswich (0.31 miles)	89
Milford (1.67 miles)	27
Walton-on-the-Hill (1.69 miles)	26

Where are the most violent places near Sow?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Beaconside	184
Forebridge	138
Stafford	122
Castletown	104
Moss Pit	92
Rowley Park	91
Baswich	79
Sow	72
Walton-on-the-Hill	16
Milford	15

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

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 Sow 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 Sow compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Sow and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Sow is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Highfields & Western Downs	59
2	Manor	56
3	Penkside	55
4	Rowley	51
5	Coton	49
6	Littleworth	40
7	Forebridge	38
8	Holmcroft	30
9	Weeping Cross & Wildwood	17
10	Milford	10
11	Baswich	3

Which road in Sow has the highest level of crime?

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