Staffordshire Crime Statistics
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The overall crime rate in Staffordshire as of April 2026 is 69 crimes per 1,000 people, and the most common crimes are violence and sexual offences, with reports coming from roughly every 33 out of 1,000 daytime population.
Comparing Staffordshire's larger towns and cities, and using Crime Risk Scores - which are calculated by taking severity of each crime type into account - Stoke-on-Trent is the most dangerous. The next most dangerous is Cannock, and Newcastle-under-Lyme comes in as third most dangerous. There are safer parts of Staffordshire, identified using the same Crime Risk measurement, starting with Lichfield which ranks as the safest area in Staffordshire, followed up by Burntwood in second place, and Stafford in third place.
Staffordshire Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Staffordshire represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Staffordshire's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Staffordshire up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Staffordshire's 42,110 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
Crime Risk Scores
Staffordshire • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Staffordshire has a crime risk score of 572. This is based on analysis of 42,110 nearby areas within Staffordshire, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Staffordshire's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Staffordshire, crime risk scores are typically around 572, while in West Midlands they are average 565.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 579 (562 for West Midlands), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 590 (West Midlands 554).
Trends in Crime Risk
Staffordshire
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates an increase of 1.8% in Staffordshire's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Staffordshire's crime risk score is up by 21%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, Staffordshire's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 5%, indicating that the risk profile is going up. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Staffordshire
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Staffordshire • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Public Order offences have a crime rate of 6.65 reports per 1,000 people in Staffordshire, which is 1.15 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 8,461 crime reports logged by Staffordshire Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Staffordshire Police recorded 42,473 reports of Violence and Sexual Offences in Staffordshire, resulting in a crime rate of 33 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.10.
The crime rate for Possession of Weapons is 1.08 times the national average at 0.92 reports per 1,000. This is from 1,180 crime reports reported to Staffordshire Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Staffordshire
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Drugs offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.78 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Drugs CrimeRate Index was 0.43 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 81% over this timeframe.
Public Order offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.13 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 0.70 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 61% over this timeframe.
Possession of Weapons offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.14 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Possession of Weapons CrimeRate Index was 0.86 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 33% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Staffordshire
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Theft From the Person offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.17 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Theft From the Person CrimeRate Index was 0.23 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 26% over this timeframe.
Shoplifting offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.70 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Shoplifting CrimeRate Index was 0.64 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 9% over this timeframe.
Burglary offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.96 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 0.93 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 3.2% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Staffordshire • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Staffordshire | West Midlands | Staffordshire Police | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 16,480 | 12.94 | 0.92 | 59,827 | 8.79 | 0.62 | 16,523 | 12.82 | 0.91 |
| Bicycle Theft | 725 | 0.55 | 0.75 | 3,572 | 0.53 | 0.73 | 727 | 0.55 | 0.75 |
| Burglary | 3,630 | 2.86 | 0.91 | 24,188 | 3.54 | 1.13 | 3,668 | 2.85 | 0.91 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 7,263 | 5.69 | 0.91 | 43,744 | 6.42 | 1.02 | 7,306 | 5.66 | 0.90 |
| Drugs | 3,113 | 2.45 | 0.79 | 16,314 | 2.38 | 0.77 | 3,119 | 2.44 | 0.79 |
| Other Crime | 2,374 | 1.87 | 1.01 | 12,162 | 1.79 | 0.97 | 2,387 | 1.87 | 1.01 |
| Other Theft | 5,911 | 4.63 | 0.81 | 34,029 | 5.00 | 0.88 | 5,931 | 4.62 | 0.81 |
| Possession of Weapons | 1,180 | 0.92 | 1.08 | 9,710 | 1.44 | 1.69 | 1,186 | 0.92 | 1.08 |
| Public Order | 8,461 | 6.65 | 1.15 | 36,155 | 5.32 | 0.92 | 8,490 | 6.58 | 1.13 |
| Robbery | 1,145 | 0.91 | 0.77 | 9,171 | 1.35 | 1.14 | 1,148 | 0.89 | 0.75 |
| Shoplifting | 6,813 | 5.33 | 0.75 | 51,348 | 7.55 | 1.06 | 6,822 | 5.30 | 0.74 |
| Theft From the Person | 243 | 0.18 | 0.12 | 3,487 | 0.49 | 0.32 | 244 | 0.18 | 0.12 |
| Vehicle Crime | 4,823 | 3.79 | 0.88 | 38,628 | 5.68 | 1.32 | 4,871 | 3.78 | 0.88 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 42,473 | 33.32 | 1.10 | 231,901 | 34.05 | 1.12 | 42,679 | 33.11 | 1.09 |
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Total Crime by Year
Staffordshire | West Midlands | Staffordshire Police | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 88,154 | 69.15 | 0.96 | 514,409 | 75.54 | 1.05 | 88,578 | 68.75 | 0.96 |
| 2025 | 85,700 | 67.65 | 0.91 | 516,162 | 76.32 | 1.03 | 86,122 | 67.27 | 0.91 |
| 2024 | 86,207 | 68.73 | 0.91 | 539,253 | 80.45 | 1.07 | 86,649 | 68.33 | 0.91 |
| 2023 | 95,667 | 77.26 | 0.98 | 598,904 | 90.62 | 1.15 | 96,208 | 76.81 | 0.97 |
| 2022 | 72,417 | 59.31 | 0.77 | 564,120 | 86.38 | 1.12 | 73,183 | 59.25 | 0.77 |
| 2021 | 62,296 | 51.31 | 0.75 | 463,870 | 71.46 | 1.04 | 62,917 | 51.27 | 0.75 |
| 2020 | 69,621 | 57.62 | 0.78 | 450,576 | 69.72 | 0.94 | 70,200 | 57.46 | 0.77 |
| 2019 | 71,310 | 59.25 | 0.78 | 460,715 | 71.52 | 0.94 | 71,967 | 59.14 | 0.78 |
| 2018 | 72,420 | 60.44 | 0.85 | 430,050 | 67.10 | 0.94 | 72,998 | 60.27 | 0.85 |
| 2017 | 70,193 | 58.79 | 0.92 | 395,755 | 62.08 | 0.97 | 70,595 | 58.44 | 0.91 |
| 2016 | 21,257 | 17.84 | 0.94 | 117,881 | 18.57 | 0.97 | 21,411 | 17.78 | 0.93 |
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The Staffordshire Streets With The Highest Crime Counts
Each police crime report that CrimeRate receives has a street name automatically assigned to it by the police data team, and this table uses the coordinates to count crimes, rather than the street name alone. That way, if Staffordshire has multiple identical street names - which is not unusual - they will be treated separately by CrimeRate's systems.
| Street | Crime Count | ||||||||
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| Bus/Coach Station Newcastle-under-Lyme | 121 | ||||||||
| Prison Featherstone | 87 | ||||||||
| Huntbach Street Stoke-on-Trent | 65 | ||||||||
| Conduit Street Lichfield | 65 | ||||||||
| Park/Open Space Marchington | 62 | ||||||||
| St Martin'S Place Stafford | 59 | ||||||||
| Hill Village Road Werrington | 52 | ||||||||
| Market Place Burton | 47 | ||||||||
| Market Place Burton upon Trent | 47 | ||||||||
| A511 Horninglow and Eton | 45 | ||||||||
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Town and City Comparison
| Town / City | Crime Count | Crime Rate | CrimeRate Index | ||||||
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| Stoke-on-Trent | 30,457 | 103.60 | 1.44 | ||||||
| Horninglow and Eton | 1,403 | 86.76 | 1.25 | ||||||
| Stapenhill | 685 | 82.66 | 1.36 | ||||||
| Rugeley | 1,420 | 76.79 | 1.11 | ||||||
| Burton upon Trent | 4,978 | 76.63 | 1.06 | ||||||
| Stafford | 5,501 | 76.35 | 1.07 | ||||||
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 6,179 | 74.24 | 1.03 | ||||||
| Winshill | 588 | 70.66 | 1.18 | ||||||
| Anglesey | 583 | 69.63 | 1.18 | ||||||
| Cannock | 4,705 | 68.26 | 0.96 | ||||||
| Penkridge | 693 | 67.87 | 1.01 | ||||||
| Cheadle | 853 | 66.46 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Leek | 1,558 | 65.82 | 0.95 | ||||||
| Tamworth | 5,654 | 64.72 | 0.90 | ||||||
| Shobnall | 754 | 62.83 | 0.93 | ||||||
| Kidsgrove | 1,525 | 62.73 | 0.91 | ||||||
| Lichfield | 2,469 | 62.65 | 0.88 | ||||||
| Hednesford | 1,182 | 57.51 | 0.83 | ||||||
| Great Wyrley | 653 | 55.82 | 0.85 | ||||||
| Biddulph | 1,062 | 53.10 | 0.79 | ||||||
| Stone | 1,013 | 52.76 | 0.77 | ||||||
| Burntwood | 1,485 | 51.60 | 0.75 | ||||||
| Uttoxeter | 787 | 50.80 | 0.77 | ||||||
| Brewood and Coven | 352 | 45.86 | 0.79 | ||||||
| Audley Rural | 379 | 44.06 | 0.76 | ||||||
| Wombourne | 604 | 40.30 | 0.61 | ||||||
| Perton | 403 | 38.75 | 0.68 | ||||||
| Heath Hayes and Wimblebury | 525 | 37.60 | 0.58 | ||||||
| Codsall | 294 | 32.03 | 0.54 | ||||||
| Stretton | 266 | 29.20 | 0.51 | ||||||
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