Total Crime Rate
109.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elworthy Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Coton , and the 83rd highest crime rate of 440 local areas in Stafford .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Elworthy Close (ST16 3QT) in the last 12 months was 109.1 per 1,000 residents and was 31.6% lower than the Coton average (159.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 60.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elworthy Close (ST16 3QT), the main crime hotspot is near Prescott Avenue. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Stafford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Elworthy Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Embry Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Embry Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stirling Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stirling Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Tonis Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Tonis Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pike Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harecroft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Embry Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Trenchard Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borona Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Prescott Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Prescott Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prescott Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prescott Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prescott Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prescott Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prescott Avenue | Under investigation |
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