Crime Statistics for Stafford, Staffordshire, 2024

There were a total of 312 street level crime incidents in Stafford in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Stafford, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	118
Anti Social Behaviour	40
Shoplifting	29
Criminal Damage Arson	26
Public Order	26
Other Theft	20
Burglary	11
Drugs	10
Bicycle Theft	9
Possession Of Weapons	7
Robbery	6
Vehicle Crime	5
Other Crime	3
Theft From The Person	2
All Crime	312

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Stafford. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Stafford

We've taken the ten nearest places to Stafford and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Stafford has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Stafford	312
Beaconside (0.88 miles)	279
Forebridge (0.62 miles)	277
Tillington (0.88 miles)	244
Castletown (0.62 miles)	226
Sow (1.12 miles)	135
Rowley Park (0.88 miles)	130
Highfields (1.39 miles)	120
Baswich (1.39 miles)	69
Doxey (1.24 miles)	57

Where are the most violent places near Stafford?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Stafford and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Stafford	118
Forebridge	99
Tillington	97
Beaconside	95
Castletown	82
Rowley Park	63
Highfields	53
Sow	51
Baswich	32
Doxey	32

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Stafford?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Stafford to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Stafford compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Stafford and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Stafford is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Highfields & Western Downs	59
2	Manor	56
3	Penkside	55
4	Rowley	51
5	Coton	49
6	Common	46
7	Doxey & Castletown	45
8	Littleworth	40
9	Forebridge	38
10	Holmcroft	30
11	Baswich	3

Which road in Stafford has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Stafford with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around St George's Road.