Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0Stapleford records possession of weapons at 2.3 times the rate of a typical town its size
It has less crime per resident than 37% of the UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, 645 in all. Overall, it grades C− for safety (#36 of 49 in Nottinghamshire). Police counts work out at 37.2 violent and sexual offences and 13.9 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents annually. Violence recorded locally held about level in a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Stapleford
More crime than many places its size
Of 321 UK towns of 11,000 to 20,000 people, Stapleford has the 217th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Wick, Rushall and Shelfield and Sleaford, higher than Burnham-on-Sea, Brimington and Tonypandy. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Stapleford’s C− for safety
A firm grade. Built on 2,306 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Stapleford against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Stapleford runs highest on possession of weapons (1.7 per 1,000 against 0.7), other crime (3.9 per 1,000 against 1.8) and drugs (3.1 per 1,000 against 1.9). Burglary and shoplifting sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 536 | 35.6 | 30.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 170 | 11.3 | 12.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 101 | 6.7 | 6.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 89 | 5.9 | 5.4 |
| Other theft | not graded | 86 | 5.7 | 4.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 65 | 4.3 | 2.8 |
| Other crime | not graded | 59 | 3.9 | 1.8 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 58 | 3.9 | 6.1 |
| Drugs | not graded | 46 | 3.1 | 1.9 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 26 | 1.7 | 2.4 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 25 | 1.7 | 0.7 |
| Robbery | Violent | 12 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 9 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 7 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
How Stapleford’s neighbourhoods rank in England
11% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 11% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Stapleford’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
Crime in Stapleford per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 13 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 11 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Stapleford is 217th of 321 UK towns of 11,000 to 20,000
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kesgrave Suffolk | 14,947 | 13 | 3.3 | 2.7 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 65 | Balderton Nottinghamshire | 12,876 | 20.3 | 11.4 | 11.8 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 71 | Forest Town Nottinghamshire | 19,015 | 23.7 | 8.5 | 9.3 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 139 | Mansfield Woodhouse Nottinghamshire | 19,521 | 29.3 | 10.4 | 10.6 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 178 | Eastwood Nottinghamshire | 18,890 | 29.8 | 14.9 | 22.6 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 214 | Burnham-on-Sea Somerset | 16,317 | 39.9 | 10.3 | 13.4 | C− |
| 215 | Brimington Derbyshire | 11,068 | 40.5 | 10.2 | 5.3 | C− |
| 216 | Tonypandy Mid Glamorgan | 17,209 | 40.1 | 10.7 | 8.2 | C− |
| 217 | Stapleford Nottinghamshire | 15,041 | 37.2 | 13.9 | 13.3 | C− |
| 218 | Dawlish Devon | 11,800 | 39.5 | 11.8 | 12.8 | C− |
| 219 | Addlestone Surrey | 13,748 | 35.8 | 15.9 | 17.2 | C− |
| 220 | Pyle Mid Glamorgan | 14,075 | 40.1 | 11.6 | 8.6 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 321 | Haverfordwest Dyfed | 12,088 | 91.4 | 28.6 | 32.3 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Stapleford, and others in Nottinghamshire.
Violent crime held steady over the year
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling six-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent +4% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -17% (towns its size -2%), shoplifting and theft -7% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour -30% (towns its size -4%).
Lowest recorded crime in Stapleford South West, Stapleford South East and Stapleford North
| Ward | Residents | Violent | Homes & vehicles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stapleford South West | 5,503 | 30.8 | 13.2 | |
| Stapleford South East | 5,184 | 34.9 | 13 | |
| Stapleford North | 4,354 | 46.9 | 15.3 |
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Car parks | 266 | 33% violent |
| Petrol stations | 127 | 88% shoplifting & theft |
| Sports and recreation grounds | 105 | 37% violent |
| Supermarkets | 94 | 74% shoplifting & theft |
A ward’s rate counts crimes where they happened, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at an anonymous map point; some are named for the kind of place (a supermarket, a car park), and each row adds up every place of that kind in Stapleford. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Crimes per 1,000 residents a year by council ward (the part of each ward inside Stapleford’s built-up area), September 2023 to August 2026. Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
Police name a suspect about as often as across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 67% of Stapleford’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 12% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (70% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 9% of violent and 6% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 760 crimes.
One person died in collisions on Stapleford’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 101 collisions with injuries inside Stapleford in five years, in which one person died. 25 people were killed or seriously injured: 8 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
That is about what is typical for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: at their median rate (0.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Stapleford’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Stapleford’s own rate (1.3) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Stapleford had 32.8 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people (23.8).
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Stapleford’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Stapleford
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stapleford | 15,041 | 37.2 | 13.9 | C− |
| Trowell | 2,165 | 13.6 | 7.2 | A− |
| Sandiacre | 9,373 | 33.1 | 9.1 | C |
| Beeston | 52,359 | 24.6 | 11.4 | C+ |
| Long Eaton | 37,815 | 37.6 | 12.1 | C− |
| Ilkeston | 38,723 | 55 | 17.2 | D |
| Breaston and Draycott | 7,393 | 22.6 | 9.2 | B− |
| Awsworth | 2,444 | 22.1 | 14.9 | C+ |
Stapleford records more graded crime per resident than 6 of its 7 neighbours; only Ilkeston records more. Trowell, 1.1 miles away, records 13.6 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Stapleford’s 37.2.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Stapleford sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Stapleford
Is Stapleford safe?
Police recorded 37.2 violent and sexual offences and 13.9 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Stapleford’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 20% of UK towns. Among 321 UK towns of 11,000 to 20,000 people, Stapleford is 217th from the least crime.
What are the safest areas of Stapleford?
By council ward, Stapleford South West, Stapleford South East and Stapleford North record the least violent and household crime per resident: 30.8, 34.9 and 46.9 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year (3-year average), against 46.9 in Stapleford North.
Is crime going up in Stapleford?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime held steady, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 17%, shoplifting and theft fell 7% and anti-social behaviour fell 30%. Across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Stapleford?
Violence & sexual offences: 536 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (101) and public order (89), with 170 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Stapleford compare with Nottingham?
Nottingham records 53.3 violent and sexual offences and 23.3 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Stapleford’s 37.2 and 13.9, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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