Total Crime Rate

147.9 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 147.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 88.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.1 9/10
  • Public order 14.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.6 5/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • 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

Marlowe Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Highfields & Western Downs , and the 52nd 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 Marlowe Road (ST17 9TA) in the last 12 months was 147.9 per 1,000 residents and was 63.1% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 105.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Marlowe Road (ST17 9TA), the main crime hotspot is near Milton Grove. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Marlowe Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tudor Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Masefield Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Milton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Milton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Milton Grove
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Melrose Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Masefield Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Masefield Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Chaucer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tudor Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tudor Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Tudor Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tudor Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tudor Way

Data Sources

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