Total Crime Rate

137.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 137.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.3 8/10
  • Public order 14.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 14.3 6/10
  • Other theft 8.6 7/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Drugs 5.7 6/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Stone Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Common , and the 57th highest crime rate of 438 local areas in Stafford .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Stone Road (ST16 1LA) in the last 12 months was 137.5 per 1,000 residents and was 21.0% higher 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 65.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stone Road (ST16 1LA), the main crime hotspot is near Pitt Street. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Stone Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Pitt Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walden Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glebe Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Moorfields
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alliance Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charles Cotton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Izaak Walton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Izaak Walton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pitt Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John Donne Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dairy Crest Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Young Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clare Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clare Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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