Total Crime Rate
1709.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bridge Street area has the highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Common , and the highest crime rate of 438 local areas in Stafford .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bridge Street (ST16 2HJ) in the last 12 months was 1709.7 per 1,000 residents and was 1404.3% 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 236 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 321 (≈ 941.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bridge Street (ST16 2HJ), the main crime hotspot is near Bridge Street. Police recorded 206 crimes here, including 143 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bridge Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterfront Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bridge Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Queensway | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Waterfront Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Martin'S Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Salter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Salter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Martin'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Martin'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Martin'S Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Martin'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Martin'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Martin'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | St Martin'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Martin'S Place | — |
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