Total Crime Rate
74.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Tillington Street area has the 40th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Common , and the 131st highest crime rate of 438 local areas in Stafford .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Tillington Street (ST16 2RP) in the last 12 months was 74.3 per 1,000 residents and was 34.7% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -31.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 37.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tillington Street (ST16 2RP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Greyfriars, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near New Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Common| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Abbots Walk | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friar Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Abbots Walk | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Abbots Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Browning Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Browning Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | North Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Izaak Walton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Izaak Walton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nursery Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Greyfriars | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nursery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Friar Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | New Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marston Drive | Under investigation |
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