Total Crime Rate

180.2 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 180.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 23.3 7/10
  • Public order 17.4 9/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.8 8/10
  • Robbery 5.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Ripon Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Blurton , and the 175th 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 3PD) in the last 12 months was 180.2 per 1,000 residents and was 65.4% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 93.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ripon Road (ST3 3PD), 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 Wyndham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Barracks Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blurton Priory Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Hinton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Consett Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garsdale Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chilworth Grove 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 Ingestre Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blurton Priory Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Ingestre Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ingestre Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ingestre Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ingestre Square
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ingestre Square
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wyndham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blurton Priory Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hinton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blurton Priory Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Rothley Green Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ripon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterside Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fallow Field Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fallow Field Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Finstock Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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