Total Crime Rate

109.2 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 109.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.5 7/10
  • Shoplifting 25.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.4 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.6 5/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Other crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Breach Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Bagnall and Stanley , and the 57th highest crime rate of 316 local areas in Staffordshire Moorlands .

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 Breach Road (ST6 8TP) in the last 12 months was 109.2 per 1,000 residents and was 70.8% higher than the Bagnall and Stanley average (63.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 51.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 157.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Breach Road (ST6 8TP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leek Road, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Greenfield Place (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Breach Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marshall Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Cross Edge Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Leek Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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