Total Crime Rate
345.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
208.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rising Brook area has the highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Highfields & Western Downs , and the 11th highest crime rate of 440 local areas in Stafford .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rising Brook (ST17 9DH) in the last 12 months was 345.9 per 1,000 residents and was 276.5% higher than the Highfields & Western Downs average (91.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 208.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rising Brook (ST17 9DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hesketh Road (31 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 | Churchill Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rising Brook | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hesketh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hesketh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Churchill Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rising Brook | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Churchill Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Churchill Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Rising Brook | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thirlmere Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Churchill Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hesketh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merrey Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Merrey Road | Under investigation |
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