Total Crime Rate
205.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
96.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rickerscote Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Manor , and the 27th highest crime rate of 440 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 Rickerscote Road (ST17 9ES) in the last 12 months was 205.0 per 1,000 residents and was 180.8% higher 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 96.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rickerscote Road (ST17 9ES), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 16 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Clanford Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trent Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trent Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trent Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lilac Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dove Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thirlmere Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilac Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blythe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfield Drive | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clanford Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Close | Under investigation |
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