Total Crime Rate

125.9 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 125.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Other crime 7.0 8/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • 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
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

Nursery Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Brereton & Ravenhill , and the 54th 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 Nursery Road (WS15 1EZ) in the last 12 months was 125.9 per 1,000 residents and was 58.4% higher than the Brereton & Ravenhill average (79.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 87.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 56.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nursery Road (WS15 1EZ), the main crime hotspot is near St Michael'S Drive. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Nursery Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedar Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Michael'S Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Michael'S Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Michael'S Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order St Michael'S Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cedar Crescent Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Cedar Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leasowe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Nursery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime St Michael'S Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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