Total Crime Rate
422.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
234.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wellington Court area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Leek East , and the 5th 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 Wellington Court (ST13 5ER) in the last 12 months was 422.5 per 1,000 residents and was 299.7% higher than the Leek East average (105.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 234.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wellington Court (ST13 5ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church Street (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sheep Market | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A53 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Dog Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Britannia Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Dog Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Angle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Angle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Angle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wellington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Edward Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Spencer Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alsop Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheep Market | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chorley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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