Total Crime Rate
14.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Park Lane area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Biddulph North , and the 40th lowest crime rate of 313 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 Park Lane (ST8 7BG) in the last 12 months was 14.0 per 1,000 residents and was 55.8% lower than the Biddulph North average (31.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Park Lane (ST8 7BG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wickenstones Court, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Trent Grove (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Biddulph South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nevin Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ruabon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nevin Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mayfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfield Road | Under investigation |
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