Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0Per resident, Stocksbridge records more burglary, vehicle crime and damage than nine in ten UK towns
Recorded violence rose 16% in a year. Taking everything together, Stocksbridge scores C− (#29 of 63 in South Yorkshire): more crime per resident than 84% of UK towns, measured on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area between September 2023 and August 2026. Of all the kinds of crime, burglary is where Stocksbridge departs most from towns its size: 4.7 per 1,000 against 1.9.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Stocksbridge
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 16% more violent crime per resident in Stocksbridge than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage fell 26% (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 546 UK towns of 5,000 to 10,000 people, Stocksbridge has the 453rd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Radstock, Cinderford and Runwell, higher than Cleator Moor, Moorends and Aveley. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Stocksbridge’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 1,202 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Stocksbridge 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, Stocksbridge runs highest on other crime (4 per 1,000 against 1.5), burglary (4.7 per 1,000 against 1.9) and public order (7.6 per 1,000 against 3.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 259 | 35.7 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 84 | 11.6 | 8.8 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 58 | 8 | 4.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 55 | 7.6 | 3.6 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 34 | 4.7 | 1.9 |
| Other theft | not graded | 29 | 4 | 3.2 |
| Other crime | not graded | 29 | 4 | 1.5 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 25 | 3.4 | 2 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 18 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
| Drugs | not graded | 9 | 1.2 | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 8 | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| Robbery | Violent | 6 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 1 | 0.1 | 0 |
“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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Among 546 towns its size, Stocksbridge ranks 453rd for the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merley Dorset | 5,489 | 8.4 | 2.8 | 3.8 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 141 | Sprotbrough South Yorkshire | 7,546 | 16.2 | 12.4 | 6.8 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 151 | Barugh Green and Redbrook South Yorkshire | 7,545 | 17.9 | 11.2 | 12 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 169 | Finningley South Yorkshire | 5,919 | 20.8 | 9.5 | 5.5 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 195 | Penistone South Yorkshire | 8,541 | 21.4 | 10.5 | 7.5 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 450 | Cleator Moor Cumbria | 6,671 | 40.5 | 14.3 | 6.1 | C− |
| 451 | Moorends South Yorkshire | 5,194 | 37.4 | 17.5 | 7.3 | C− |
| 452 | Aveley Essex | 9,364 | 34.6 | 20.4 | 10.7 | C− |
| 453 | Stocksbridge South Yorkshire | 7,264 | 35 | 20.2 | 11.4 | C− |
| 454 | Shanklin Isle of Wight | 9,112 | 43.6 | 11.7 | 10.6 | C− |
| 455 | Wadebridge Cornwall | 5,626 | 42.4 | 13 | 14.8 | C− |
| 456 | Bolton upon Dearne South Yorkshire | 7,440 | 36.1 | 19.9 | 5.2 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 546 | City of London London | 7,820 | 252.8 | 111.5 | 710 | 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 Stocksbridge, and others in South Yorkshire.
How crime in Stocksbridge has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-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 +16% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -26% (towns its size -1%), shoplifting and theft -47% (towns its size +2%), anti-social behaviour -16% (towns its size +0%).
Police in Stocksbridge identify a suspect less often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 80% of Stocksbridge’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 16% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (65% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 11% of violent and 2% 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. 417 crimes.
For every 1,000 residents, about 38 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026
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 16 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 7 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
How Stocksbridge’s neighbourhoods rank in England
19% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 19% 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.
Stocksbridge’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.
One person died in collisions on Stocksbridge’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 15 collisions with injuries inside Stocksbridge in five years, in which one person died (1 was a pedestrian). 9 people were killed or seriously injured: 1 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, so with numbers this small a single collision changes the picture; Stocksbridge’s one death is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Stocksbridge’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 6 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Stocksbridge had 9.
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 Stocksbridge’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Stocksbridge
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stocksbridge | 7,264 | 35 | 20.2 | C− |
| Deepcar | 5,644 | 24.4 | 12.3 | C+ |
| Thurgoland | 1,239 | 19.1 | 7.5 | B+ |
| Oxspring | 1,196 | 6.1 | 6.7 | A+ |
| Wharncliffe Side | 1,387 | 33.7 | 17.5 | C− |
| Penistone | 8,541 | 21.4 | 10.5 | B− |
| Thurlstone | 1,003 | 23.6 | 7.3 | B− |
| Oughtibridge | 3,128 | 16.3 | 12.4 | B |
Stocksbridge records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Deepcar, 1 miles away, records 24.4 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Stocksbridge’s 35.
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 Stocksbridge 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 Stocksbridge
Is Stocksbridge safe?
Police recorded 35 violent and sexual offences and 20.2 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Stocksbridge’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 16% of UK towns. Among 546 UK towns of 5,000 to 10,000 people, Stocksbridge is 453rd from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Stocksbridge?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 16%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 26%, shoplifting and theft fell 47% and anti-social behaviour fell 16%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Stocksbridge?
Violence & sexual offences: 259 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (58) and public order (55), with 84 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Stocksbridge compare with Chapeltown and High Green?
Chapeltown and High Green records 24.5 violent and sexual offences and 12.7 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Stocksbridge’s 35 and 20.2, 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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