Total Crime Rate
1072.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Edward Street area has the highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Leek East , and the highest crime rate of 316 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 St Edward Street (ST13 5DN) in the last 12 months was 1072.0 per 1,000 residents and was 780.4% higher than the Leek East average (121.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 86 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 106 (β 449.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Edward Street (ST13 5DN), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 111 crimes here, including 59 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leek East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | King Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haywood Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanley Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Haywood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Spencer Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eversley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Strangman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Strangman Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clerk Bank | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Edward Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanley Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Salisbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Compton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Silk Street | β |
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