Total Crime Rate
387.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lichfield Street area has the highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Bucknall & Eaton Park , and the 26th 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 Lichfield Street (ST1 3EB) in the last 12 months was 387.6 per 1,000 residents and was 368.3% higher than the Bucknall & Eaton Park average (82.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 134.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 242.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lichfield Street (ST1 3EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lichfield Street, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grace Crescent (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bucknall & Eaton Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Imperial Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Astle Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifford Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gunnell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brunswick Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brunswick Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Astle Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ogden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Downey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Ogden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Imperial Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ogden Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Paxton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Matlock Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Matlock Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sage Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stonehaven Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grace Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lichfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gilman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gilman Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosedawn Close East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivory Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harley Street | Under investigation |
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