Crime Rates at West Street, Leek, ST13 8AF

West Street area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Leek East , and the 75th highest crime rate of 316 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 West Street (ST13 8AF) in the last 12 months was 87.2 per 1,000 residents and was 28.4% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 12.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 41.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Street (ST13 8AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.