Total Crime Rate

170.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 170.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.1 9/10
  • Public order 28.7 10/10
  • Other theft 13.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.6 5/10
  • Drugs 10.6 8/10
  • Theft from the person 7.6 8/10
  • Shoplifting 6.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 4/10
  • Burglary 1.5 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 1.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Weston Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Baswich , and the 34th 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 Weston Road (ST18 0BD) in the last 12 months was 170.7 per 1,000 residents and was 525.9% higher than the Baswich average (27.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 74 (≈ 111.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 205.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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Data Sources

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