Total Crime Rate
37.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Selborne Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Leek East , and the 128th lowest crime rate of 316 local areas in Staffordshire Moorlands .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Selborne Road (ST13 5PJ) in the last 12 months was 37.9 per 1,000 residents and was 68.9% 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 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 35.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Selborne Road (ST13 5PJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Challinor Avenue (13 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebeville | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | King Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eversley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Glebeville | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Challinor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Challinor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Spencer Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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