Total Crime Rate

256.9 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 256.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 121.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 45.1 9/10
  • Public order 34.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.4 9/10
  • Drugs 13.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 10.4 5/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Turney Grove area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Highfields & Western Downs , and the 15th highest crime rate of 438 local areas in Stafford .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Turney Grove (ST17 9XY) in the last 12 months was 256.9 per 1,000 residents and was 183.3% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 156.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Turney Grove (ST17 9XY), the main crime hotspot is near Swinburne Close. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Turney Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lovelace Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Andrews Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Coleridge Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Coleridge Drive Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Auden Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jones Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jones Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jones Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Attlee Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spenser Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turney Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft St Andrews Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coghlan Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lovelace Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swinburne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swinburne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Andrews Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lovelace Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Swinburne Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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