Total Crime Rate
320.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
171.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Silver Street area has the highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Heath , and the 8th highest crime rate of 373 local areas in East Staffordshire .
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 Silver Street (ST14 7QE) in the last 12 months was 320.3 per 1,000 residents and was 492.9% higher than the Heath average (54.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 171.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Silver Street (ST14 7QE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Place (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A518 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A518 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A518 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chamberlain Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chamberlain Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | A518 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A518 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Silver Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
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