Total Crime Rate

97.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 97.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.5 7/10
  • Public order 17.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Robbery 3.5 5/10
  • Shoplifting 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Hill Croft area has the 5th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Haywood & Hixon , and the 90th 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 Hill Croft (ST18 0QN) in the last 12 months was 97.9 per 1,000 residents and was 99.0% higher than the Haywood & Hixon average (49.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 69.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 130.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hill Croft (ST18 0QN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Peters View, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Meadow Glade (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hill Croft area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Glade Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Glade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Peters View Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hill Croft —
Sep 2025Public order Meadow Glade Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Glade Under investigation
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Data Sources

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