Total Crime Rate

408.2 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 408.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 120.3 10/10
  • Drugs 63.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 60.1 10/10
  • Public order 44.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.8 10/10
  • Robbery 22.2 10/10
  • Other theft 19.0 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 15.8 10/10
  • Burglary 9.5 8/10
  • Theft from the person 6.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Shoplifting 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

College Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Etruria & Hanley , and the 24th 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 College Road (ST1 4DQ) in the last 12 months was 408.2 per 1,000 residents and was 19.9% 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 202.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around College Road (ST1 4DQ), the main crime hotspot is near Havelock Place. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in College Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/50)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Mark'S Street —
Sep 2025Public order St Mark'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Leonard Coates Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Wellesley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Richmond Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richmond Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Mark'S Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mark'S Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chamberlain Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cooper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Margill Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Cooper Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cooper Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wood Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wood Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bower Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Victoria Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Morley Street —
Sep 2025Public order Morley Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Morley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harcourt Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warner Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Leonard Coates Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shirley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Havelock Place —
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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