Total Crime Rate

194.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 194.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 125.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.5 7/10
  • Public order 16.5 9/10
  • Other theft 13.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Ripon Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Blurton , and the 150th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

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 Ripon Road (ST3 3BW) in the last 12 months was 194.7 per 1,000 residents and was 78.7% higher than the Blurton average (108.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 145.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 61.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ripon Road (ST3 3BW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ingestre Square, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wyndham Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ripon Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rothley Green Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wimborne Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wimborne Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ripon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Thorpe Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Thorpe Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rothley Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orford Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Ingleby Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ingleby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blurton Priory Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterside Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blurton Priory Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ingestre Square
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ingestre Square
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ingestre Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ingestre Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Ingestre Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ingestre Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blurton Priory Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Barracks Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blurton Priory Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garsdale Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Rothley Green Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Finstock Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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