Total Crime Rate
133.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brow Hill area has the 11th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Leek East , and the 37th highest crime rate of 316 local areas in Staffordshire Moorlands .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Brow Hill (ST13 5EZ) in the last 12 months was 133.0 per 1,000 residents and was 9.2% higher than the Leek East average (121.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (β 57.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brow Hill (ST13 5EZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sheep Market (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leek East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaunt Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanley Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanley Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dog Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Salisbury Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Salisbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sheep Market | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheep Market | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brough Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brough Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brough Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chorley Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eversley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clerk Bank | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Strangman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hamil Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
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