Total Crime Rate
237.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
141.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Salcombe Close area has the 12th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Cannock Longford & Bridgtown , and the 24th highest crime rate of 316 local areas in Cannock Chase .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Salcombe Close (WS11 1PP) in the last 12 months was 237.6 per 1,000 residents and was 41.5% higher 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -10.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 141.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Salcombe Close (WS11 1PP), the main crime hotspot is near Conference/Exhibition Centre. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cannock Longford & Bridgtown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Filey Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Repton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Repton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berwick Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wolverhampton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Skipton Place | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hazlemere Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hazlemere Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hazlemere Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazlemere Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Repton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Filey Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Filey Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Filey Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Portland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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