Total Crime Rate

133.0 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 133.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 52.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.2 8/10
  • Public order 11.6 8/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 5/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Clerk Bank 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 Clerk Bank (ST13 5HB) 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 area’s 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‰ˆ 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 Clerk Bank (ST13 5HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Clerk Bank area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Strangman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chorley Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheep Market Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clerk Bank β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salisbury Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Salisbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Salisbury Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brough Close β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Edward Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Strangman Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour King Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sheep Market Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”

Data Sources

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