Total Crime Rate

7.5 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 7.5 1/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.8 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Rising Brook area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Highfields & Western Downs , and the 16th 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 Rising Brook (ST17 9DB) in the last 12 months was 7.5 per 1,000 residents and was 91.7% lower than the Highfields & Western Downs average (90.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rising Brook (ST17 9DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stafford (Station), where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rising Brook (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rising Brook area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Hearn Court Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Rowley Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Glen Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hyde Court
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hyde Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hyde Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Avenue
Sep 2025Burglary Merrey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Merrey Road

Data Sources

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