Total Crime Rate
408.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Victoria Square 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 Victoria Square (ST1 4JH) 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 Victoria Square (ST1 4JH), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 261 crimes here, including 57 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 | Public order | Shirley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Victoria Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bird Cage Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bird Cage Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cooper Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cooper Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cooper Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Leonard Coates Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Leonard Coates Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clough Street East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clough Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shirley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Wellesley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Morley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Morley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Morley Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warner Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shirley Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Shirley Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shirley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shirley Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shirley Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shirley Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shirley Road | Local resolution |
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