Total Crime Rate
55.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stone Road area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Common , and the 194th highest crime rate of 440 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 1ND) in the last 12 months was 55.3 per 1,000 residents and was 55.5% lower than the Common average (124.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 38.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stone Road (ST16 1ND), the main crime hotspot is near Pitt Street. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Stafford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Charles Cotton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alliance Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorfields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pitt Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorfields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorfields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | North Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | John Donne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | John Donne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pitt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Izaak Walton Street | Under investigation |
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