Total Crime Rate
202.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Corporation Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Coton , and the 23rd 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 Corporation Street (ST16 3LF) in the last 12 months was 202.7 per 1,000 residents and was 48.1% higher than the Coton average (136.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 98.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Corporation Street (ST16 3LF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pearl Brook Avenue (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Coton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lammascote Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pearl Brook Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Pearl Brook Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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