Total Crime Rate

91.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

60.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 91.4 7/10
  • Violent crimes 60.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.6 8/10
  • Public order 12.7 8/10
  • Burglary 10.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.1 8/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Vaughan Way area has the 16th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Highfields & Western Downs , and the 103rd highest crime rate of 440 local areas in Stafford .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Vaughan Way (ST17 9YN) in the last 12 months was 91.4 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 60.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 210.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vaughan Way (ST17 9YN), the main crime hotspot is near Tudor Way. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Vaughan Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tudor Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shakespeare Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Othello Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dryden Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tudor Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shakespeare Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Eliot Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wordsworth Avenue —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Chaucer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Tudor Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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