Crime Rates at Waterloo Street, Stoke-on-trent, ST1 3PR

Waterloo Street area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Bucknall & Eaton Park , and the 422nd lowest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Waterloo Street (ST1 3PR) in the last 12 months was 88.4 per 1,000 residents and was 6.8% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 32.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterloo Street (ST1 3PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Linfield Road, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elizabeth Street (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.