Total Crime Rate
37.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Masefield Drive area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Highfields & Western Downs , and the 183rd 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 Masefield Drive (ST17 9UR) in the last 12 months was 37.6 per 1,000 residents and was 59.1% 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 15.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Masefield Drive (ST17 9UR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Swinburne Close, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tudor Way (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stafford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dryden Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shakespeare Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wordsworth Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eliot Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tudor Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chaucer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Othello Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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