Total Crime Rate
51.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Benion Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Chadsmoor , and the 139th lowest 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 Benion Road (WS11 5JP) in the last 12 months was 51.6 per 1,000 residents and was 37.1% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 43.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Benion Road (WS11 5JP), the main crime hotspot is near Bowes Drive. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chadsmoor| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodford End | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodford End | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodford End | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodford End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodford End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montrose Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rigby Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Locketts Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taplow Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Central Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowes Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowes Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowes Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowes Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodford End | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Locketts Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Festival Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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