Total Crime Rate
552.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
158.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stafford Brook Road area has the highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Etching Hill & the Heath , and the 7th highest crime rate of 316 local areas in Cannock Chase .
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 Stafford Brook Road (WS15 2TY) in the last 12 months was 552.0 per 1,000 residents and was 680.4% higher than the Etching Hill & the Heath average (70.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 158.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
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