Total Crime Rate

16.3 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 16.3 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Public order 3.3 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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

The Avenue area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 38 local areas in St Michael's & Stonefield , and the 69th lowest crime rate of 438 local areas in Stafford .

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 The Avenue (ST15 8DG) in the last 12 months was 16.3 per 1,000 residents and was 78.5% lower than the St Michael's & Stonefield average (75.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Avenue (ST15 8DG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stafford Street, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Granville Square (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Granville Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stafford Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stafford Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stafford Street —
Sep 2025Public order Stafford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stafford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stafford Street Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Other theft A520 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Granville Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Granville Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Granville Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Granville Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Granville Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Stonefield Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stonefield Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Road Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Road Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Oulton Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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