Total Crime Rate
814.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Garnet Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Etruria & Hanley , and the 7th 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 Garnet Street (ST1 4BG) in the last 12 months was 814.7 per 1,000 residents and was 59.9% higher than the Etruria & Hanley average (509.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 83 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 194.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Garnet Street (ST1 4BG), the main crime hotspot is near Pretoria Road. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 15 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 | Other crime | Kimberley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Broomfield Place South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mount Pleasant | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mount Pleasant | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mount Pleasant | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mount Pleasant | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pretoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kimberley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilndown Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilndown Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Garnet Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Compton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | James Brindley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dundee Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sandon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandon Street | Under investigation |
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