Total Crime Rate
118.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Parkfields area has the 13th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Highfields & Western Downs , and the 73rd 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 Parkfields (ST17 9RD) in the last 12 months was 118.5 per 1,000 residents and was 29.0% higher than the Highfields & Western Downs average (91.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 18.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 69.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Parkfields (ST17 9RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Jones Close, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hyde Court (13 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 | Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Attlee Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hyde Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Averill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Davids Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Davids Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Davids Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Attlee Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Andrews Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Davids Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St Davids Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St Davids Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jones Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jones Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Jones Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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