Crime in Stockport
Recorded crime in Stockport is 1.7 times the Stockport council average and 1.7 times the England and Wales average. The police force here stopped publishing data after June 2019. The biggest share of the harm comes from violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences).
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Stockport: about 31,416 residents in 33 neighbourhoods.
- Safety in the UK
- 1/10High crime (data up to 2019)
- Living
- 8.1/10Good
- vs the council
- 1.7×the Stockport council average
Crime in Stockport now
The police force here has published no street-level crime for Stockport since June 2019, so the map and scores below are from before then. These are the latest Home Office figures for the whole council area, April 2025 to March 2026.
69.8 crimes per 1,000 residents were recorded in Stockport in 2025/26 (England and Wales: 83.2).
Greater Manchester Police did not assign 5.9% of the crimes it recorded in 2025/26 to a council area, so these figures are lower than the true count.
| Type | Crimes in 2025/26 | Per 1,000 residents | Change on 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars stolen | 393 | 1.3 | Down 10% |
| Cars broken into | 509 | 1.7 | Up 8% |
| Vehicle tampering | 168 | 0.55 | Down 5% |
| Vandalism to homes | 574 | 1.9 | Down 11% |
| Vandalism to other buildings | 354 | 1.2 | About the same |
| Vandalism to vehicles | 575 | 1.9 | Down 14% |
| Arson | 108 | 0.36 | Up 5% |
| Burglary of homes | 574 | 1.9 | Down 17% |
| Burglary of businesses | 224 | 0.74 | Down 14% |
| Homicide (murder and manslaughter) | 1 | - | - |
| Carrying a knife or blade | 134 | 0.44 | Down 32% |
| Carrying other weapons (including guns) | 143 | 0.47 | Down 11% |
| Robbery of people | 224 | 0.74 | Down 28% |
| Robbery of businesses | 100 | 0.33 | Up 92% |
| Violence with injury | 1,772 | 5.8 | Down 8% |
| Violence without injury | 3,579 | 11.8 | Down 6% |
| Stalking and harassment | 2,865 | 9.4 | Down 9% |
| Sexual offences | 803 | 2.6 | Down 8% |
| Shoplifting | 1,919 | 6.3 | Down 8% |
| Bicycle theft | 169 | 0.56 | Down 6% |
| Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching) | 96 | 0.32 | Down 30% |
| Drug dealing | 291 | 0.96 | Down 11% |
| Drug possession | 622 | 2.0 | Up 25% |
Under 10 a year: no rate or change, the numbers are too small to compare. These are council-area figures: police.uk street-level data, used for the map and the Safety score, only has the broad categories, and no source publishes murders or stabbings by street. Source: Home Office, police recorded crime by community safety partnership.
Greater Manchester Police area: 2,831 offences involving a knife or sharp instrument in 2025/26 (3,425 the year before). This covers the whole police force area, not only Stockport.
Source: Home Office, police recorded knife crime by police force.
Neighbourhoods by Safety
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Stockport.
Road collisions
Stockport, 2023 to 2025: 220 road collisions a year with someone hurt, 69 of them with someone killed or seriously injured. 10 collisions were fatal in those 3 years.
0.7 a year per 1,000 residents (Great Britain 1.5). 31% of them killed or seriously injured someone (Great Britain 26%).
Collisions on public roads that the police recorded where someone was hurt, counted where they happened, so busy through roads and town centres with few residents come out high. Serious and slight use the Department for Transport's adjusted severity, comparable between police forces. Source: Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Postcode districts in Stockport
Nearby towns
Council: Stockport
Questions about crime in Stockport
- Is Stockport a safe place to live?
- Stockport scores 1 out of 10 for safety (high crime), compared with every neighbourhood in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Crime severity is 1.7 times the Stockport council average. Police data here stops in June 2019.
- What is the most common crime in Stockport?
- The most common recorded crime is violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences), about 43 per 1,000 residents a year. Police data here stops in June 2019.
- How does crime in Stockport compare with Stockport council?
- Crime severity in Stockport is 1.7 times the Stockport council average. Police data here stops in June 2019.
- How many cars are stolen in Stockport?
- In the Stockport council area, the police recorded 393 cars stolen in 2025/26 (April 2025 to March 2026), 1.3 per 1,000 residents, down 10% on the year before.
- Is vandalism common in Stockport?
- 1,503 acts of vandalism to homes, other buildings and vehicles were recorded in 2025/26, in the Stockport council area, 4.9 per 1,000 residents, about the England and Wales average.
- How many murders were there in Stockport last year?
- 1 homicide (murder or manslaughter) was recorded in 2025/26, in the Stockport council area, against 0 the year before. Police data does not say where in the area they happened.