Total Crime Rate
4637.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Town Road 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 Town Road (ST1 2QG) 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 Town Road (ST1 2QG), 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.
View Crime In Etruria & Hanley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Piccadilly | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arbour Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Market Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Market Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Square | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Arbour Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Piccadilly | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Piccadilly | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arbour Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Piccadilly | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Piccadilly | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Piccadilly | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Piccadilly | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Piccadilly | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Piccadilly | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Arbour Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Arbour Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Arbour Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arbour Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arbour Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arbour Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lamb Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brockley Square | — |
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