Total Crime Rate

1072.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 1072.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 364.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 288.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 139.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 84.8 10/10
  • Public order 76.3 10/10
  • Other theft 50.9 10/10
  • Burglary 25.4 10/10
  • Drugs 8.5 8/10
  • Other crime 8.5 9/10
  • Theft from the person 8.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.5 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Robbery 4.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Haywood 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 Haywood Street (ST13 5JX) 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 area’s 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 (≈ 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 Haywood Street (ST13 5JX), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 116 crimes here, including 64 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Haywood Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eversley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dog Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ballington Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ballington Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ballington Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ballington Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sheep Market Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheep Market Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bath Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Haywood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Challinor Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Challinor Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haywood Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stockwell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stanley Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stockwell Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Compton Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Condlyffe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Condlyffe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Russell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Silk Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Silk Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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