Total Crime Rate
70.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rickerscote Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Manor , and the 143rd 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 Rickerscote Road (ST17 4EX) in the last 12 months was 70.4 per 1,000 residents and was 3.6% lower than the Manor average (73.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 41.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rickerscote Road (ST17 4EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Perrin Close, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Peach Avenue (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stafford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plant Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bridge Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perrin Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perrin Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perrin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perrin Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perrin Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perrin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidney Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sidney Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sidney Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sidney Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peach Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Perrin Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Perrin Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peach Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peach Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peach Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plant Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plant Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plant Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bridge Gardens | — |
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