Staffordshire Police closed just over a fifth of investigations without a suspect within a month in 2025.

According to data from data.police.uk, 21 per cent of investigations were closed with no suspect within a month across the police force.

Police say they are "committed to responding to all calls to service in an appropriate and proportionate way".

Lichfield saw the highest rate of closures without a suspect at just over a quarter, meanwhile the lowest was in the Staffordshire Moorlands at 16 per cent.

Stoke-on-Trent sat between these figures at 21 per cent.

Across the county for 2025, the crimes most likely to have investigations closed were vehicle crime (72 per cent) and bicycle theft (73 per cent).

As with overall crime, the highest area for vehicle crime was Lichfield with 83 per cent, and the lowest was the Staffordshire Moorlands with 59 per cent.

In Stoke-on-Trent, the number of vehicle crime investigations closed within a month was 66 per cent - meaning that around two thirds of investigations were closed without a suspect within a month in the city.

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A government report revealed that 83.9 per cent of vehicle offences nationally were closed with no suspect by March 2025 at the end of the year 2024/25.

Stoke-on-Trent had the highest percentage in Staffordshire for violence and sexual offences with nine per cent over the year and reaching a high of 10 per cent in April.

The city also had the highest percentage for shoplifting with 43 per cent over 2025.

A spokesperson for Staffordshire Police said: "We are committed to responding to all calls to service in an appropriate and proportionate way.

"Incidents are initially triaged by staff in our Force Control Room who make dynamic decisions relating to the most appropriate response on a daily basis.

"Calls are allocated according to grade, and incidents are passed to local policing teams, CID, or our crime investigation bureau, to take action accordingly.

"In some cases, when all reasonable lines of inquiry have been concluded, the incident is filed, pending further evidence coming to light.

"This enables officers to continue to pursue investigations which require further work or where a suspect has been identified.

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"By focusing our efforts on the investigations that can be progressed, we are therefore able to pursue potential suspects of unresolved incidents, with a focus on reducing future offending and harm within our communities.

"We continue to work proactively with colleagues in intelligence, enforcement, and crime prevention, as well as community partners, to help deliver proportionate outcomes for victims."

All percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number.