Total Crime Rate
185.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
119.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chapel Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Caverswall , and the 19th highest crime rate of 313 local areas in Staffordshire Moorlands .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chapel Street (ST11 9DA) in the last 12 months was 185.9 per 1,000 residents and was 65.7% higher than the Caverswall average (112.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -36.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 119.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 146.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chapel Street (ST11 9DA), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Forsbrook| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blythe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Agnes Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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