Total Crime Rate
201.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
110.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sidney Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Manor , and the 28th highest crime rate of 440 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 Sidney Avenue (ST17 4EP) in the last 12 months was 201.3 per 1,000 residents and was 175.7% higher than the Manor average (73.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 110.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sidney Avenue (ST17 4EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Peach Avenue (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stafford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perrin Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plant Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bridge Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peach Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peach Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peach Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peach Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Primrose Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blossom Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidney Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Perrin Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perrin Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perrin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lilac Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilac Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perrin Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perrin Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bridge Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sidney Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Perrin Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plant Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plant Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plant Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sidney Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Primrose Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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