Total Crime Rate

95.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 95.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.2 8/10
  • Public order 13.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.8 4/10
  • Drugs 7.8 7/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Matlock Drive area has the 10th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Chadsmoor , and the 80th highest crime rate of 318 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 Matlock Drive (WS11 6EN) in the last 12 months was 95.9 per 1,000 residents and was 23.6% higher than the Chadsmoor average (77.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 62.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 84.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 43.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Matlock Drive (WS11 6EN), the main crime hotspot is near Sherwood Drive. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Matlock Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moss Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sherwood Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Curlew Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Andover Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cumberland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sherwood Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sherwood Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Andover Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Muldoon Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chaffinch Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaffinch Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Matlock Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buttermere Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herondale Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herondale Under investigation
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Data Sources

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