Total Crime Rate

205.2 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 205.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 110.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.2 9/10
  • Burglary 11.4 9/10
  • Public order 11.4 8/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.9 7/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 4/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 2/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

Lichfield Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Etruria & Hanley , and the 137th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lichfield Street (ST1 3EE) in the last 12 months was 205.2 per 1,000 residents and was 59.7% lower 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 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 79 (≈ 128.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lichfield Street (ST1 3EE), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Lichfield Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosedawn Close East Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ogden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Astle Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Astle Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Trent Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Westmill Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Hampton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ogden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ogden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trent Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ogden Road
Sep 2025Burglary Paxton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Matlock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hampton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sage Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Eastwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grace Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trent Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Gunnell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grace Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stonehaven Grove
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harley Street
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Harley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Stonehaven Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stonehaven Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Stonehaven Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stonehaven Grove
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifford Street Action to be taken by another organisation

Data Sources

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