Total Crime Rate
33.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bushberry Close area has the 12th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Milwich , and the 156th lowest crime rate of 440 local areas in Stafford .
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 Bushberry Close (ST15 0LL) in the last 12 months was 33.4 per 1,000 residents and was 45.6% lower than the Milwich average (61.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 19.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bushberry Close (ST15 0LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brassington Road, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hume Chase (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brassington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Myatt Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poplar Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lockley Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longhope Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Highlands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brassington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Tree Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Highlands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | B5026 | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bott Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bott Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
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