Total Crime Rate
69.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Skipton Place area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Cannock Longford & Bridgtown , and the 127th 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 Skipton Place (WS11 1PT) in the last 12 months was 69.1 per 1,000 residents and was 58.8% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 36.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Skipton Place (WS11 1PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 91 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Conference/Exhibition Centre (24 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Filey Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Filey Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Filey Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Repton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Skipton Place | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Filey Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Portland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hazlemere Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wolverhampton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berwick Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Repton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Repton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 crime | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hazlemere Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
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