Total Crime Rate
248.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
174.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Essex Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Stamford All Saints , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 457 local areas in South Kesteven .
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 Essex Road (PE9 1LS) in the last 12 months was 248.8 per 1,000 residents and was 476.6% higher than the Stamford All Saints average (43.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (β 174.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Essex Road (PE9 1LS), the main crime hotspot is near Green Lane. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Recreation Ground Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Worcester Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tolethorpe Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cliff Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cliff Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cliff Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandringham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandringham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandringham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cliff Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Christ Church Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Christ Church Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | York Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tolethorpe Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Worcester Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Zara Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Princes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kesteven Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Recreation Ground Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Zara Court | β |
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