Total Crime Rate
155.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
106.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Charles Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Biddulph East , and the 30th highest crime rate of 313 local areas in Staffordshire Moorlands .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Charles Street (ST8 6JB) in the last 12 months was 155.8 per 1,000 residents and was 80.3% higher than the Biddulph East average (86.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 106.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Charles Street (ST8 6JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jubilee Close (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Well Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shakespeare Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Doctors Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | John Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Princess Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Charles Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorfield Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shaw Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Douglas Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Woodland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Princess Street | Under investigation |
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