Crime Rate in Penkhull & Springfields, ward

Penkhull & Springfields has the 9th highest crime rate of 34 wards in Stoke-on-Trent district and the 1081st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 82nd highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Penkhull & Springfields in the last 12 months was 122.2 per 1,000 residents and was 9.1% lower than the Stoke-on-Trent district average (134.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Penkhull & Springfields’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 397 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 71.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -46.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 500 (≈ 65.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Penkhull & Springfields ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 191 crimes here, including 130 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.