Total Crime Rate

129.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 129.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.3 7/10
  • Other theft 9.3 7/10
  • Public order 9.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Shrewsbury Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Common , and the 61st highest crime rate of 438 local areas in Stafford .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Shrewsbury Road (ST17 4DL) in the last 12 months was 129.6 per 1,000 residents and was 14.1% higher 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 92.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 52.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shrewsbury Road (ST17 4DL), the main crime hotspot is near Park Crescent. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Shrewsbury Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Cramer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Friars' Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cramer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Salt Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Park Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ingestre Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Siemens Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shrewsbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Cramer Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Park Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Austin Friars Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Austin Friars Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shrewsbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Herbert Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parker'S Croft Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Herbert Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowley Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herbert Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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