Crime Rates at Moorhouse Street, Leek, ST13 5LT

Moorhouse Street area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Leek East , and the 80th highest crime rate of 316 local areas in Staffordshire Moorlands .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Moorhouse Street (ST13 5LT) in the last 12 months was 84.5 per 1,000 residents and was 30.6% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 3 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -21.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Moorhouse Street (ST13 5LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Haywood Street, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.