Total Crime Rate

83.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 83.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.1 6/10
  • Public order 10.9 8/10
  • Burglary 7.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Other crime 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Astonfields Road area has the 34th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Common , and the 114th highest crime rate of 438 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 83.6 per 1,000 residents and was 26.4% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 43.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Astonfields Road (ST16 3UG), the main crime hotspot is near Bridge Street. Police recorded 206 crimes here, including 143 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Astonfields Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Mill Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Epsley'S Yard Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Salter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Salter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Mill Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pilgrim Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Mary'S Place
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gaolgate Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gaolgate Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gaolgate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Martin'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Friars' Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Park Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Friars' Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterfront Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterfront Way Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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