Total Crime Rate
70.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Girton Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Cannock Longford & Bridgtown , and the 125th highest crime rate of 316 local areas in Cannock Chase .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Girton Road (WS11 0ED) in the last 12 months was 70.2 per 1,000 residents and was 58.2% lower than the Cannock Longford & Bridgtown average (167.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 33.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Girton Road (WS11 0ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 101 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carfax (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cannock Longford & Bridgtown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Girton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Trinity Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whinyates Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whinyates Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Railway Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Railway Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hallcourt Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Fairmount Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brook Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Fairmount Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fairmount Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hallcourt Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hallcourt Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollies Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hollies Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brook Vale | Under investigation |
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