Total Crime Rate

104.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 104.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.4 7/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Rawnsley Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Heath Hayes & Wimblebury , and the 72nd highest crime rate of 318 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 Rawnsley Road (WS12 1JQ) in the last 12 months was 104.2 per 1,000 residents and was 191.8% higher than the Heath Hayes & Wimblebury average (35.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 366.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 59.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 466.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 214.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rawnsley Road (WS12 1JQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Deerhurst Rise, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rugeley Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Rawnsley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deerhurst Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Deerhurst Rise —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Deerhurst Rise —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Deerhurst Rise —
Sep 2025Public order Rugeley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rugeley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deerhurst Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Longacres —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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