Crime Rate in Town, ward

Town has the 6th highest crime rate of 16 wards in East Staffordshire district and the 3154th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 311th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Town in the last 12 months was 73.3 per 1,000 residents and was 4.2% lower than the East Staffordshire district average (76.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Town’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 194 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 243 (≈ 40.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Town ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 51 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Market Place (23 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.