Crime Rate in Horninglow & Outwoods, ward

Horninglow & Outwoods has the 5th highest crime rate of 16 wards in East Staffordshire district and the 3128th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 309th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Horninglow & Outwoods in the last 12 months was 73.6 per 1,000 residents and was 3.8% lower than the East Staffordshire district average (76.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Horninglow & Outwoods’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 423 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 185.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -63.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 514 (≈ 44.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Horninglow & Outwoods ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 63 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.