Total Crime Rate

209.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

109.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 209.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 109.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 95.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 66.7 10/10
  • Burglary 14.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.3 8/10
  • Public order 9.5 7/10
  • Other crime 4.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Stapleton Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Bayston Hill, Column and Sutton , and the 41st highest crime rate of 1,000 local areas in Shropshire .

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 Stapleton Road (SY3 9LU) in the last 12 months was 209.5 per 1,000 residents and was 257.7% higher than the Bayston Hill, Column and Sutton average (58.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 109.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stapleton Road (SY3 9LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hereford Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Stapleton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Stapleton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Maesbrook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maesbrook Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hereford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shomere Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stapleton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Knolls Farm Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mill Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Moneybrook Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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