Total Crime Rate

107.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

64.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 107.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 64.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.7 5/10
  • Other crime 6.5 8/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.3 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Pitt Street area has the 27th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Common , and the 85th highest crime rate of 440 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 107.1 per 1,000 residents and was 13.6% lower than the Common average (124.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 64.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pitt Street (ST16 1PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pitt Street (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Stafford

Crime Over Time in Pitt Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alliance Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Glebe Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Charles Cotton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beechway Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holmcroft Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beechway Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime John Donne Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson John Donne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Izaak Walton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pitt Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pitt Street

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.