Total Crime Rate

1433.7 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 1433.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 466.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 316.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 180.7 10/10
  • Public order 129.5 10/10
  • Other theft 108.4 10/10
  • Burglary 60.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 51.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 39.2 10/10
  • Robbery 21.1 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 18.1 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 18.1 10/10
  • Drugs 12.1 9/10
  • Other crime 12.1 10/10
  • 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

Sefton Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Etruria & Hanley , and the 4th 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 Sefton Street (ST1 4BQ) in the last 12 months was 1433.7 per 1,000 residents and was 181.5% 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 155 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 4 cases , down -20.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -58.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 116 (≈ 349.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sefton Street (ST1 4BQ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Sefton Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Dundee Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Broomfield Place South Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pretoria Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kimberley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Kimberley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Sandon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kilndown Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Garnet Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kilndown Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belmont Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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