Overview of Stafford crime rate
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Crime levels in Stafford are considered low, ranking it 19th out of 25 in the vicinity for overall crime rates. The year 2023 saw a total of 10,690 incidents, with a population of 136,867, leading to a crime rate of 78.11 incidents per 1,000 people. This figure marks a decrease of 3.6% from the previous year.
The most frequent categories of crime in Stafford include Violence and sexual offences (41.4%), Anti-social behaviour (15.1%), and Other theft (8.3%), while the rarest were Possession of weapons (1.0%), Robbery (0.7%), and Theft from the person (0.4%).
Among its 23 wards, Forebridge (453.3), Doxey & Castletown (156.5), and Common (108.9) reported the highest crime rates. Conversely, Gnosall & Woodseaves (37.2), Swynnerton & Oulton (36.6), and Baswich (28.1) are among the safest.
In Stafford, there has been an increase in Public order offenses by 2.17% in 2022 and Violence and sexual offences by 4.64% in 2020 and 8.16% in 2022. Conversely, there has been a significant decrease in Anti-social behaviour by 3.74% in 2021, 4.06% in 2022, and 4.49% in 2023.
Stafford crime incidents by crime type
A total of 10690 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.
- Violence and sexual offences – 4425 (41.4)%
- Anti-social behaviour – 1617 (15.1)%
- Other theft – 883 (8.3)%
- Criminal damage and arson – 806 (7.5)%
- Public order – 788 (7.4)%
- Shoplifting – 640 (6.0)%
- Vehicle crime – 470 (4.4)%
- Burglary – 370 (3.5)%
- Drugs – 187 (1.7)%
- Bicycle theft – 154 (1.4)%
- Other crime – 132 (1.2)%
- Possession of weapons – 106 (1.0)%
- Robbery – 70 (0.7)%
- Theft from the person – 42 (0.4)%
How does Stafford compare against nearby areas ?
Stafford ranks 19th when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.
List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):
- Newcastle-under-Lyme (84.8)
- North Warwickshire (83.7)
- Cannock Chase (82.7)
- East Staffordshire (82.1)
- Cheshire West and Chester (79.6)
- South Derbyshire (78.9)
- Stafford (78.1)
- South Staffordshire (73.0)
- Shropshire (70.9)
- Lichfield (66.2)
- Derbyshire Dales (65.4)
- Staffordshire Moorlands (60.9)
- Cheshire East (57.6)
Heat map for all nearby areas Stafford is compared against
Crime rates in Stafford wards
There are 23 wards within Stafford. Forebridge, Doxey & Castletown, Common has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.
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List of all 23 wards from high crime rate to low.
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Crime rates in postcode districts under Stafford
There are 18 postcode districts/outcodes under or overlapping with Stafford. Highest crime rates in ST4, ST16, ST3 .
- ST4 – 145.2
- ST16 – 126.1
- ST3 – 116.3
- ST5 – 99.2
- ST17 – 75.7
- ST11 – 68.8
- ST21 – 68.8
- ST14 – 67.4
- WS15 – 64.9
- ST19 – 64.4
- ST15 – 63.8
- WS12 – 60.3
- ST10 – 58.5
- TF9 – 57.2
- TF10 – 54.8
- ST18 – 44.8
- ST12 – 43.4
- ST20 – 39.0
Postcode districts in Stafford
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