Total Crime Rate

152.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 152.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.7 10/10
  • Public order 12.4 8/10
  • Drugs 8.2 8/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Shaw Gardens area has the 6th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Highfields & Western Downs , and the 48th 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 Shaw Gardens (ST17 9SG) in the last 12 months was 152.3 per 1,000 residents and was 67.9% higher than the Highfields & Western Downs average (90.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 82.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -48.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shaw Gardens (ST17 9SG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cape Avenue, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Milton Grove (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Shaw Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cape Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Milton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Milton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Coleridge Drive Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Melrose Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Coleridge Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spenser Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cape Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cape Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cape Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cape Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Chaucer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coghlan Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thompson Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Milton Grove
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cape Avenue

Data Sources

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