Total Crime Rate

104.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

67.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 104.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 67.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.1 8/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Shakespeare Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Burton & Eton , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 373 local areas in East Staffordshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Shakespeare Road (DE14 2RT) in the last 12 months was 104.0 per 1,000 residents and was 37.1% lower than the Burton & Eton average (165.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 67.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shakespeare Road (DE14 2RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Abbots Fold Court, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jeque Place (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Shakespeare Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Ruskin Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Castilla Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Castilla Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Dickens Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Arthur Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Castilla Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stafford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Abbots Fold Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Abbots Fold Court Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Arthur Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hunter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hunter Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Horninglow Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Panama Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Abbots Fold Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chaucer Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Horninglow Croft Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eton Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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