Total Crime Rate
24.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cranbrook Walk area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Highfields & Western Downs , and the 109th lowest crime rate of 440 local areas in Stafford .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cranbrook Walk (ST17 9UJ) in the last 12 months was 24.7 per 1,000 residents and was 73.1% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 16.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cranbrook Walk (ST17 9UJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Castle Bank, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oaktree Close (7 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 | Oaktree Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oaktree Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Bank | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keld Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clarendon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Weaver Drive | — |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.