Total Crime Rate

93.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 93.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.8 7/10
  • Drugs 19.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.0 5/10
  • Other crime 6.0 7/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.0 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Burglary 2.0 1/10
  • Other theft 2.0 1/10
  • Robbery 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Plover Green area has the 28th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Common , and the 100th highest crime rate of 438 local areas in Stafford .

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 Plover Green (ST16 1FT) in the last 12 months was 93.4 per 1,000 residents and was 17.8% lower than the Common average (113.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 43.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 39.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Plover Green (ST16 1FT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Moorhen Grove, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sutton Drive (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Plover Green area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whimbrel Park —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lapwing Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plover Green —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bradbury Rise —
Sep 2025Public order Lapwing Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barley Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Broad Meadow Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lapwing Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Conway Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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