Total Crime Rate
141.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
88.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cannock Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Chadsmoor , and the 45th highest crime rate of 316 local areas in Cannock Chase .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cannock Road (WS11 5DD) in the last 12 months was 141.7 per 1,000 residents and was 72.6% higher than the Chadsmoor average (82.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 88.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cannock Road (WS11 5DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Horton Close, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cannock Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chadsmoor| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arran Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Patterdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arran Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taplow Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petersfield | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petersfield | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burns Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cannock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Patterdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Chad'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Patterdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Chad'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Glendawn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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