Crime Rate in Ford Green & Smallthorne, ward

Ford Green & Smallthorne has the 17th lowest crime rate of 34 wards in Stoke-on-Trent district and the 2071st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 204th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Ford Green & Smallthorne in the last 12 months was 92.5 per 1,000 residents and was 31.2% lower than the Stoke-on-Trent district average (134.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Ford Green & Smallthorne’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 294 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 61.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -30.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 362 (≈ 50.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Ford Green & Smallthorne ward, the main local crime hotspot is near North West Terrace. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.