City Centre vs Essington & Featherstone

City Centre has a safety score of 7/100 (High Crime) and recorded 15,783 crimes in the last 12 months. Essington & Featherstone has a safety score of 67/100 (Safe) with 209 crimes. Essington & Featherstone scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

City Centre shows a year-on-year crime trend of +4.9% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Essington & Featherstone shows +10% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In City Centre, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (5,374 incidents). In Essington & Featherstone, it is Violent Crime (65 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

City Centre recorded 870 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Essington & Featherstone recorded 20. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in City Centre totalled 5,374 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 65 in Essington & Featherstone. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, City Centre recorded 15,047 crimes (now 15,783, a change of +4.9%). Essington & Featherstone recorded 190 crimes previously (now 209, +10%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. City Centre has a resolution rate of 28.9% and Essington & Featherstone has 33.3%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

City Centre falls within the West Midlands Police boundary. Essington & Featherstone is covered by Staffordshire Police. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both City Centre and Essington & Featherstone. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.