Total Crime Rate
4637.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Regent 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 Regent Road (ST1 3BU) 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 Regent Road (ST1 3BU), the main crime hotspot is near Bus/Coach Station. Police recorded 98 crimes here, including 76 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 | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lichfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lichfield Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lichfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sports/Recreation Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sports/Recreation Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Ogden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Ogden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lichfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lichfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Downey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | New Berkeley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Lower Bethesda Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lower Bethesda Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ogden Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grace Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bower Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lichfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ogden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Leonard Coates Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Matlock Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grace Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grace Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grace Crescent | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grace Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grace Crescent | Under investigation |
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