Total Crime Rate

56.1 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 56.1 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.0 8/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Whittle Rise area has the 15th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Baswich , and the 186th highest crime rate of 438 local areas in Stafford .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whittle Rise (ST18 0GE) in the last 12 months was 56.1 per 1,000 residents and was 105.6% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 37.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whittle Rise (ST18 0GE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sheringham Covert, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parker Court (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Whittle Rise area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Verwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sheringham Covert Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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