Crime Rate in Doxey & Castletown, ward

Doxey & Castletown has the 3rd highest crime rate of 23 wards in Stafford district and the 1023rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 75th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Doxey & Castletown in the last 12 months was 125.3 per 1,000 residents and was 69.4% higher than the Stafford district average (74.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Doxey & Castletown’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 235 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 128.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 297 (≈ 64.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Doxey & Castletown ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.