Total Crime Rate
216.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
147.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Garfield Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Etruria & Hanley , and the 139th highest crime rate of 841 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 Garfield Street (ST1 4LL) in the last 12 months was 216.5 per 1,000 residents and was 56.9% lower than the Etruria & Hanley average (502.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 77 (≈ 147.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Garfield Street (ST1 4LL), the main crime hotspot is near Havelock Place. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Stoke-On-Trent| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Margill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wood Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Revanth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sun Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sun Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sun Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sun Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Timmis Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clyde Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Mark'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Warwick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Mark'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Clarke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Mark'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bedford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | James Brindley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | James Brindley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mark'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havelock Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Milton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Street | Under investigation |
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