Crime Rates at Whitmore Street, Stoke-on-trent, ST1 4JS

Whitmore Street area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Etruria & Hanley , and the 390th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whitmore Street (ST1 4JS) in the last 12 months was 100.6 per 1,000 residents and was 80.3% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -31.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 44.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitmore Street (ST1 4JS), 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.