Total Crime Rate

49.1 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 49.1 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.1 2/10
  • Other theft 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Robbery 2.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Kimberley Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Etruria & Hanley , and the 224th lowest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kimberley Road (ST1 4BZ) in the last 12 months was 49.1 per 1,000 residents and was 90.4% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 34.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 325.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kimberley Road (ST1 4BZ), 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 Kimberley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kilndown Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pretoria Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Garnet Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kimberley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sandon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Dundee Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Broomfield Place South Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Kimberley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belmont Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson James Brindley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kilndown Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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