Total Crime Rate
1899.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
754.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Avarne Place area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Common , and the 2nd 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 Avarne Place (ST16 2ND) in the last 12 months was 1899.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1431.4% higher 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 162 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -32.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 240 (≈ 754.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Avarne Place (ST16 2ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 256 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bridge Street (127 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stafford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Martin'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tipping Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Salter Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Salter Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Salter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tipping Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Martin'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Tipping Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Queensway | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queensway | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Patron Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Patron Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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