Total Crime Rate
78.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Friars Terrace area has the 38th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Common , and the 128th highest crime rate of 440 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 Friars Terrace (ST17 4AU) in the last 12 months was 78.8 per 1,000 residents and was 36.5% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 51.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Friars Terrace (ST17 4AU), the main crime hotspot is near Bridge Street. Police recorded 200 crimes here, including 127 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 | Cramer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Water Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Water Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Water Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Water Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Water Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bridge Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pilgrim Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bridge Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bridge Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Bank | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterfront Way | Awaiting court outcome |
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