Total Crime Rate

47.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 47.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.0 4/10
  • Burglary 7.5 7/10
  • Public order 5.0 4/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Police Houses area has the 10th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Cheddleton , and the 158th highest crime rate of 316 local areas in Staffordshire Moorlands .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Police Houses (ST13 5QZ) in the last 12 months was 47.5 per 1,000 residents and was 44.3% higher than the Cheddleton average (32.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 22.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 39.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Police Houses (ST13 5QZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Birchall Park Avenue, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Boundary Close (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Police Houses area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boundary Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birchall Park Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birchall Park Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birchall Park Avenue —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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