Total Crime Rate

49.4 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 49.4 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.9 4/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Other crime 2.5 1/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Public order 2.5 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Field View area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Biddulph East , and the 150th highest 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 Field View (ST8 6TQ) in the last 12 months was 49.4 per 1,000 residents and was 46.7% lower than the Biddulph East average (92.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 19.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Field View (ST8 6TQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ox-Hey Crescent, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dart Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Field View area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dart Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ox-Hey Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ox-Hey Crescent
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ox-Hey Crescent
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences East Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary East Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary East Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wells Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lawton Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Halls Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ox-Hey Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rupert Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halls Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Cromwell Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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