Total Crime Rate
53.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025The Crescent area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Dane , and the 133rd highest 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 The Crescent (ST13 6HD) in the last 12 months was 53.7 per 1,000 residents and was 18.2% lower 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 43.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Crescent (ST13 6HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beresford Place, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westminster Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dane| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Prince Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shaw Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westminster Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbott'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfield Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Springfield Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Springfield Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Westminster Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Beatty Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Prince Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Provost Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Dairy Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Provost Place | Under investigation |
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