Total Crime Rate
152.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Pitt Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Common , and the 47th 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 Pitt Street (ST16 1PL) in the last 12 months was 152.6 per 1,000 residents and was 34.3% higher 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 100.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pitt Street (ST16 1PL), the main crime hotspot is near Pitt Street. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Common| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | John Donne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Izaak Walton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Izaak Walton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Cotton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alliance Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pitt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Izaak Walton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Young Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Pitt Street | Under investigation |
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