Total Crime Rate

81.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 81.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.7 8/10
  • Other theft 10.1 8/10
  • Public order 10.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.6 4/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
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

Milk Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Dane , and the 86th highest crime rate of 316 local areas in Staffordshire Moorlands .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Milk Street (ST13 6BE) in the last 12 months was 81.0 per 1,000 residents and was 23.4% higher than the Dane average (65.6 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 Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 38.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Milk Street (ST13 6BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Vicarage Road, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Provost Place (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Milk Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lancaster Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Portland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ball Haye Green
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Portland Street North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Osborne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Prince Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Prince Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Provost Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Provost Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rose Bank Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Beatty Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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