Total Crime Rate

150.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

62.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 150.4 9/10
  • Violent crimes 62.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.0 8/10
  • Public order 21.0 9/10
  • Drugs 14.0 9/10
  • Other theft 14.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.5 7/10
  • Other crime 7.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Vicarage Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Leek East , and the 34th highest crime rate of 313 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 Vicarage Road (ST13 6AS) in the last 12 months was 150.4 per 1,000 residents and was 42.2% higher than the Leek East average (105.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 62.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vicarage Road (ST13 6AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Haywood Street, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Vicarage Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fountain Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Talbot Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Lancaster Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Haywood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Silk Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Milk Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station —
Apr 2026Public order Ball Haye Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Deansgate Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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