Photo: Fireflitz · CC BY-SA 3.0Streethay stands out for vehicle crime: 6.6 times the rate of a typical town its size
The local count comes to 37.3 violent and sexual offences and 10.6 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 people each year. Overall, Streethay grades C− for safety: more crime per resident than 76% of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Violence recorded locally climbed 20% in a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Streethay
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 20% more violent crime per resident in Streethay than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Streethay has the 481st lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Loddon, Silloth and Goodwick, higher than Trimdon, Cwm and Kidwelly. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Streethay’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 311 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Streethay against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Streethay runs highest on vehicle crime (10.2 per 1,000 against 1.5), violence & sexual offences (38.3 per 1,000 against 16.6) and public order (5.5 per 1,000 against 2.4).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 83 | 38.3 | 16.6 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 27 | 12.5 | 0 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 22 | 10.2 | 1.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 12 | 5.5 | 2.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 9 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
| Other theft | not graded | 8 | 3.7 | 2.5 |
| Robbery | Violent | 6 | 2.8 | 0 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 4 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 4 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 3 | 1.4 | 3.2 |
| Drugs | not graded | 3 | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people.
How crime in Streethay has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent +20% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles +12% (towns its size +0%), anti-social behaviour -64% (towns its size -1%).
Of 550 towns its size, Streethay is 481st from the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 89 | Rolleston on Dove Staffordshire | 2,902 | 14.4 | 4.1 | 1.5 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 117 | Whittington Staffordshire | 2,477 | 10.9 | 8.9 | 2.7 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 142 | Coven Staffordshire | 2,399 | 15 | 6.4 | 3.6 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 151 | Yarnfield Staffordshire | 2,144 | 18 | 4 | 1.9 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 478 | Trimdon County Durham | 2,835 | 26.3 | 21.3 | 12.6 | C− |
| 479 | Cwm Gwent | 2,507 | 30.3 | 17.4 | 4.5 | C− |
| 480 | Kidwelly Dyfed | 2,761 | 34.1 | 13.7 | 4.8 | C− |
| 481 | Streethay Staffordshire | 2,166 | 37.3 | 10.6 | 9.1 | C− |
| 482 | Darenth Kent | 2,588 | 28.6 | 19.3 | 38.6 | C− |
| 483 | Godstone Surrey | 2,648 | 28.7 | 19.8 | 5.8 | C− |
| 484 | Woolavington Somerset | 2,324 | 37.7 | 10.9 | 9.8 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 550 | Avonmouth Bristol | 2,643 | 82.9 | 54.6 | 60.4 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Streethay, and others in Staffordshire.
Crime in Streethay per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 13 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 16 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
No one died in a collision on Streethay’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 3 collisions with injuries inside Streethay in five years. 1 person was killed or seriously injured: 1 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Streethay is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Streethay’s size at the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people would see about 1 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Streethay had 1.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Streethay’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Streethay
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streethay | 2,166 | 37.3 | 10.6 | C− |
| Lichfield | 32,586 | 34.1 | 14.7 | C− |
| Whittington | 2,477 | 10.9 | 8.9 | A− |
| Fradley | 3,609 | 26.6 | 8.7 | C+ |
| Alrewas | 2,831 | 16.4 | 9.8 | B+ |
| Shenstone | 2,196 | 21 | 23.4 | C |
| King's Bromley | 1,031 | 13.9 | 4.2 | A |
| Handsacre and Armitage | 4,837 | 23.8 | 8.8 | B− |
Streethay records more graded crime per resident than 6 of its 7 neighbours; only Lichfield records more. Whittington, 2 miles away, records 10.9 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Streethay’s 37.3.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Streethay sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Streethay
Is Streethay safe?
Police recorded 37.3 violent and sexual offences and 10.6 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Streethay’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 24% of UK towns. Among 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Streethay is 481st from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Streethay?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 20%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 12%, shoplifting and theft rose 169% and anti-social behaviour fell 64%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Streethay?
Violence & sexual offences: 83 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came shoplifting (27) and vehicle crime (22), with 9 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Streethay compare with Tamworth?
Tamworth records 36.8 violent and sexual offences and 14.7 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Streethay’s 37.3 and 10.6, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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