Total Crime Rate

273.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

75.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 273.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 110.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 75.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 58.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.7 8/10
  • Public order 29.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.4 9/10
  • Other crime 5.8 7/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Robbery 5.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ripon Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Blurton , and the 87th highest crime rate of 841 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 3PD) in the last 12 months was 273.3 per 1,000 residents and was 121.8% higher than the Blurton average (123.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 216.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 75.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ripon Road (ST3 3PD), the main crime hotspot is near Thorpe Green. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ripon Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/39)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Garsdale Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Thorpe Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ripon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ripon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ripon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ripon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Finstock Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Finstock Avenue —
Apr 2026Public order Finstock Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Finstock Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Finstock Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thorpe Green —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thorpe Green —
Apr 2026Other theft Thorpe Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thorpe Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ripon Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thorpe Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thorpe Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Enstone Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pond Mill Way —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fallow Field Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fallow Field Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Chilworth Grove Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chilworth Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Garsdale Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Hinton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hinton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ripon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thorpe Green Under investigation
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Data Sources

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