Total Crime Rate

593.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 593.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 222.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 84.3 9/10
  • Public order 76.6 10/10
  • Other theft 69.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.8 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 19.2 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 19.2 10/10
  • Burglary 15.3 10/10
  • Drugs 15.3 9/10
  • Other crime 11.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.7 7/10
  • Robbery 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

Foregate Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Common , and the 7th 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 Foregate Street (ST16 2PR) in the last 12 months was 593.9 per 1,000 residents and was 422.5% 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 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -56.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 83 (≈ 318.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Foregate Street (ST16 2PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wogan Street (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Foregate Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Lloyd Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lloyd Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Abbots Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Abbots Walk Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime St Patricks'S Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Foregate Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Foregate Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sash Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lloyd Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lloyd Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting New Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lloyd Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albert Terrace
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Friar Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Friar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Browning Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Abbots Walk Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gaol Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Snow Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gaol Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Snow Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Greyfriars Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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