Crime and Safety in Perton
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
Perton is the third safest small town in Staffordshire, and is the 83rd safest overall out of Staffordshire's 197 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Perton in 2026 is 39 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares favourably to Staffordshire's overall crime rate, coming in 44% lower than the Staffordshire rate of 69 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Perton is the 169th safest small town, and the 4,727th most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In June 2025, Perton had the worst crime rate in Staffordshire for theft from the person, with 1 crime reported and a crime rate of 0.10 per 1,000 daytime population. And in February 2025, Perton was the worst small town in Staffordshire for burglary, with 10 crimes reported and a crime rate of 0.96 per 1,000 daytime population. June 2025 was also a bad month for Perton residents, when it was Staffordshire's most dangerous small town for theft from the person, recording 1 crime at a rate of 0.10 per 1,000 daytime population.
The most common crimes in Perton are violence and sexual offences, with 237 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 23. This is 10% higher than 2025's figure of 215 offences and a difference of 2.11 from 2025's crime rate of 21. Perton's least common crime is robbery, with 0 offences recorded in 2026, a decrease of 0% from 2025's figure of 1 crime.
Perton 2026 Crime Scorecard
Third Safest
Small Towns, Staffordshire
49% lower, regional crime rate
West Midlands
46% lower, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Perton is 49% lower than the West Midlands and 46% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Perton Crime Rate Over Time
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Perton Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Perton represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Perton's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Perton up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Perton's 224 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
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Crime Risk Scores
Perton • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Perton has a crime risk score of 384. This is based on analysis of 224 nearby areas within Perton, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Perton's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Perton, crime risk scores are typically around 384, while in Staffordshire they are average 572.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 449 (579 for Staffordshire), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 448 (Staffordshire 590).
Trends in Crime Risk
Perton
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates an increase of 9% in Perton's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
The five-year trend may be static; no significant trend was identified in Perton's crime risk scores during this timeframe.
Over the last year, Perton's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 23%, indicating that the risk profile is going up. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Perton
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Perton • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Possession of Weapons offences have a crime rate of 0.30 reports per 1,000 people in Perton, which is 1.50 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 3 crime reports logged by Staffordshire Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Staffordshire Police recorded 19 reports of Drugs in Perton, resulting in a crime rate of 1.83 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 0.89.
The crime rate for Violence and Sexual Offences is 0.75 times the national average at 23 reports per 1,000. This is from 237 crime reports reported to Staffordshire Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Perton
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Burglary offences are trending upwards, though the CrimeRate Index three years ago is too low to measure, and the trend should be reviewed with caution.
Drugs offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.83 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Drugs CrimeRate Index was 0.48 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 73% over this timeframe.
Vehicle Crime offences are trending upwards, though the CrimeRate Index three years ago is too low to measure, and the trend should be reviewed with caution.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Perton
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of - for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 0.46 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a near-complete decrease over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Perton • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 66 | 6.33 | 0.45 | 16,480 | 12.94 | 0.92 | 59,827 | 8.79 | 0.62 |
| Bicycle Theft | 3 | 0.30 | 1.67 | 725 | 0.55 | 0.75 | 3,572 | 0.53 | 0.73 |
| Burglary | 15 | 1.46 | 0.63 | 3,630 | 2.86 | 0.91 | 24,188 | 3.54 | 1.13 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 18 | 1.73 | 0.48 | 7,263 | 5.69 | 0.91 | 43,744 | 6.42 | 1.02 |
| Drugs | 19 | 1.83 | 0.89 | 3,113 | 2.45 | 0.79 | 16,314 | 2.38 | 0.77 |
| Other Crime | 7 | 0.69 | 0.90 | 2,374 | 1.87 | 1.01 | 12,162 | 1.79 | 0.97 |
| Other Theft | 23 | 2.22 | 0.51 | 5,911 | 4.63 | 0.81 | 34,029 | 5.00 | 0.88 |
| Possession of Weapons | 3 | 0.30 | 1.50 | 1,180 | 0.92 | 1.08 | 9,710 | 1.44 | 1.69 |
| Public Order | 31 | 2.97 | 0.67 | 8,461 | 6.65 | 1.15 | 36,155 | 5.32 | 0.92 |
| Robbery | - | - | - | 1,145 | 0.91 | 0.77 | 9,171 | 1.35 | 1.14 |
| Shoplifting | 21 | 2.02 | 0.43 | 6,813 | 5.33 | 0.75 | 51,348 | 7.55 | 1.06 |
| Theft From the Person | 1 | 0.10 | 0.71 | 243 | 0.18 | 0.12 | 3,487 | 0.49 | 0.32 |
| Vehicle Crime | 25 | 2.41 | 0.68 | 4,823 | 3.79 | 0.88 | 38,628 | 5.68 | 1.32 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 237 | 22.72 | 0.75 | 42,473 | 33.32 | 1.10 | 231,901 | 34.05 | 1.12 |
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Total Crime by Year
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 403 | 38.75 | 0.68 | 88,154 | 69.15 | 0.96 | 514,409 | 75.54 | 1.05 |
| 2025 | 362 | 34.87 | 0.59 | 85,700 | 67.65 | 0.91 | 516,162 | 76.32 | 1.03 |
| 2024 | 376 | 36.33 | 0.59 | 86,207 | 68.73 | 0.91 | 539,253 | 80.45 | 1.07 |
| 2023 | 412 | 39.86 | 0.58 | 95,667 | 77.26 | 0.98 | 598,904 | 90.62 | 1.15 |
| 2022 | 369 | 35.68 | 0.54 | 72,417 | 59.31 | 0.77 | 564,120 | 86.38 | 1.12 |
| 2021 | 301 | 29.02 | 0.54 | 62,296 | 51.31 | 0.75 | 463,870 | 71.46 | 1.04 |
| 2020 | 364 | 34.93 | 0.59 | 69,621 | 57.62 | 0.78 | 450,576 | 69.72 | 0.94 |
| 2019 | 362 | 34.28 | 0.54 | 71,310 | 59.25 | 0.78 | 460,715 | 71.52 | 0.94 |
| 2018 | 363 | 34.15 | 0.55 | 72,420 | 60.44 | 0.85 | 430,050 | 67.10 | 0.94 |
| 2017 | 289 | 26.95 | 0.52 | 70,193 | 58.79 | 0.92 | 395,755 | 62.08 | 0.97 |
| 2016 | 70 | 6.52 | 0.51 | 21,257 | 17.84 | 0.94 | 117,881 | 18.57 | 0.97 |
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Perton Compared to Nearby Small Towns
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Small Town | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheadle | 853 | 66.46 | 72% more dangerous |
| Leek | 1,558 | 65.82 | 70% more dangerous |
| Shobnall | 754 | 62.83 | 62% more dangerous |
| Kidsgrove | 1,525 | 62.73 | 62% more dangerous |
| Great Wyrley | 653 | 55.82 | 44% more dangerous |
| Hednesford | 1,182 | 57.51 | 48% more dangerous |
| Biddulph | 1,062 | 53.10 | 37% more dangerous |
| Brewood and Coven | 352 | 45.86 | 18% more dangerous |
| Uttoxeter | 787 | 50.80 | 31% more dangerous |
| Stone | 1,013 | 52.76 | 36% more dangerous |
| Audley Rural | 379 | 44.06 | 14% more dangerous |
| Perton | 403 | 38.75 | - |
| Wombourne | 604 | 40.30 | 4.0% more dangerous |
| Heath Hayes and Wimblebury | 525 | 37.60 | 3.0% safer |
| Codsall | 294 | 32.03 | 17% safer |
| Stretton | 266 | 29.20 | 25% safer |
Comparing Perton to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Perton | 38.75 | - |
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 105% more dangerous |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 113% more dangerous |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 117% more dangerous |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 153% more dangerous |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 170% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 171% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 175% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 176% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 178% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 223% more dangerous |
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Recent Crimes in Perton
The 20 most recent crime reports in Perton.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
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| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Avon Close | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Gainsborough Drive | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Wrottesley Park Road | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Egelwin Close | |
| April 2026 | Drugs | On or near Churnet Grove | |
| April 2026 | Other theft | On or near Rockingham Drive | |
| April 2026 | Vehicle crime | On or near Barley Croft | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Auden Court | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Elmley Grove | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Sedgefield Grove | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Elmley Grove | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Elmley Grove | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Elmley Grove | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Gibson Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Tintagel Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Carisbrooke Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Cabot Grove | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Avon Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Sedgefield Grove | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near The Parkway |
Methodology & Data Sources
Perton Crime Report
Data Sources & Processing
Every month, CrimeRate processes crime reports from data.police.uk, the UK's official provider of open crime report data. Each crime report includes anonymised coordinates, most often "snapped" to the middle of the nearest street, or to the nearest major landmark. The reports also include the month and year the crime was reported, as well as the type of crime.
Data releases on data.police.uk happen once a month, with a two-month delay. This means that, for example, crimes reported in Perton during June 2026 will typically become available in August 2026. The latest release is for Apr 2026 and was released in Jun 2026. To provide current and historical crime statistics, CrimeRate processed 61,669,232 crime reports for the latest release.
Perton Data Points
For Perton, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2023 release of their Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas dataset, using the PARNCP23CD column value E04008976.
Due to the 2021 Census being conducted during a UK-wide Coronavirus lockdown, the daytime population figures released so far cannot be relied on for purposes such as comparing crime rates. Instead, CrimeRate uses Perton's daytime - or "workday" - population of 6,736 from the ONS 2011 Census for calculations throughout the site.
All geographic boundaries use the full resolution - extent of the realm versions where provided to avoid missing crime reports near coastlines and rivers - the banks of the Thames in particular - that would otherwise not be included when using the clipped to the coastline datasets.
Calculating Crime Rates
CrimeRate locates the UK region, county, and town/city/village locality for each crime report, and calculates the crime rate by taking the sum of all crime reports, dividing it by the locality's daytime / "workday" population, and multiplying the result by 1,000 to get the crime rate per 1,000.
Crime Risk Score Calculations
CrimeRate calculates crime counts for local, nearby, and wider areas for every postcode in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The postcodes locations are deduplicated by a process that ensures distinct points are approximately 50 metres apart. This process removes the bias that would otherwise come from counting the same crimes several times in heavily populated areas.
Using a custom algorithm developed in-house, CrimeRate applies a crime severity weighting to each area's crime counts, based on the type of crime reported. This increases or decreases the crime count, or zeroes it out entirely, depending on the crime type. A separate crime severity rate is then calculated, standardised, and scaled to fit the crime risk score range of 1 to 1,000, with 1 being the lowest score, and 1,000 the highest.
Crime risk scores undergo further analysis per town, city, and village plus other areas including police forces and neighbourhoods. CrimeRate uses percentiles to work out the most common range of crime risk scores in each locality. This includes identifying the high and low bounds where approximately 68% of scores fall, and finding the median (50th percentile) for easy reference.
The crime types with a weight of zero are: Anti-Social Behaviour; Bicycle Theft; Other Crime; Other Theft; and Shoplifting. The highest weights to are assigned to Violence & Sexual Offences, and the lowest to Vehicle Crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crime in Perton