Total Crime Rate

4637.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 4637.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 1426.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 928.3 10/10
  • Public order 552.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 534.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 287.0 10/10
  • Other theft 215.2 10/10
  • Drugs 152.2 10/10
  • Burglary 147.8 10/10
  • Robbery 97.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 78.3 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 76.1 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 58.7 10/10
  • Other crime 45.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 37.0 10/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Upper Market Square area has the highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Etruria & Hanley , and the highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Upper Market Square (ST1 1NS) in the last 12 months was 4637.0 per 1,000 residents and was 810.4% higher than the Etruria & Hanley average (509.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 656 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 17 cases , down -32.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 12.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -36.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 990 (≈ 2152.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Market Square (ST1 1NS), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 472 crimes here, including 224 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Upper Market Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/178)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Market Lane —
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hillcrest Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Market Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Market Lane —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Hillcrest Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order A50 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A50 Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hillcrest Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Piccadilly Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillcrest Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gilman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stafford Lane —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Huntbach Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Albion Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Albion Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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