Total Crime Rate
6.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sytch Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Bagnall and Stanley , and the 12th lowest crime rate of 316 local areas in Staffordshire Moorlands .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sytch Road (ST6 8RQ) in the last 12 months was 6.3 per 1,000 residents and was 90.2% lower than the Bagnall and Stanley average (63.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sytch Road (ST6 8RQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leek Road, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Willfield Court (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bagnall and Stanley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brownhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Leek Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cross Edge | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Croft | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marshall Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Carlton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willfield Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Willfield Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Willfield Court | Under investigation |
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