In just 20 years, 27 women in North Staffordshire have seen their lives brutally ended by men.
The shocking statistic comes amid the debate around the freedom and safety of women following the killing of Sarah Everard in London and murder of PCSO Julia James in Kent.
It has triggered a surge in women speaking openly about the abuse, threats, harassment and violence they are subjected to from men.
Crofts, 30, was this week sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 16 years and nine months after stabbing Kimberley to death in a jealous rage.
Other innocent victims a teenage girl who was brutally raped and murdered by a footballer, a sex worker strangled to death and a young woman whose sadistic husband doused her in petrol and then set her on fire.
Chance bus stop meeting sparked decades-long romance for Emerald couple Mike and Maureen darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Mike and Maureen Hannan celebrated their milestone 55th Emerald wedding anniversary at Thirsk care home, Hambleton Grange. The couple were surprised by the staff who had organised a private candle-lit date in the vintage tearoom. The pair met in 1964 during a chance meeting at a bus stop on a rainy day and Maureen knew from the moment she met Mike that he was going to be someone special. Mike was waiting in the pouring rain to catch a bus to begin his day working as an apprentice secretary when Maureen happened to pass him on her Vespa scooter and stopped to offer Mike a lift to work.