Total Crime Rate
10.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mayfield Road area has the lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Biddulph East , and the 21st 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 Mayfield Road (ST8 7BX) in the last 12 months was 10.3 per 1,000 residents and was 88.0% lower than the Biddulph East average (86.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mayfield Road (ST8 7BX), 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.
| 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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