Total Crime Rate

105.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

43.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 105.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 43.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.3 4/10
  • Burglary 7.3 7/10
  • Public order 7.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Astonfields Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Common , and the 86th 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 Astonfields Road (ST16 3UG) in the last 12 months was 105.5 per 1,000 residents and was 15.0% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 43.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Astonfields Road (ST16 3UG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 211 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.

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Crime Over Time in Astonfields Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/127)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Martin'S Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mill Bank —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mill Bank —
Apr 2026Burglary Mill Bank Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Mill Bank Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Mill Bank Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mill Bank Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mill Bank Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Local resolution
Apr 2026Possession of weapons St Martin'S Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences White Lion Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft St Martin'S Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft St Martin'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs St Martin'S Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson St Martin'S Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson St Martin'S Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Martin'S Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Martin'S Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Martin'S Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Martin'S Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Martin'S Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mill Bank —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences White Lion Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Gaolgate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Water Street —
Apr 2026Public order Water Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Water Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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