Total Crime Rate
24.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Stone Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Common , and the 107th lowest crime rate of 438 local areas in Stafford .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stone Road (ST16 1JY) in the last 12 months was 24.9 per 1,000 residents and was 78.1% lower than the Common average (113.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 13.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stone Road (ST16 1JY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near North Place, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pitt Street (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Common| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Izaak Walton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | John Donne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alliance Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Cotton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorfields | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pitt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Pitt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | North Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Izaak Walton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Izaak Walton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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