Crime Rates at Wellesley Street, Stoke-on-trent, ST1 4NS

Wellesley Street area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Etruria & Hanley , and the 414th 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 Wellesley Street (ST1 4NS) in the last 12 months was 91.0 per 1,000 residents and was 82.1% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 55.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wellesley Street (ST1 4NS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shirley Road, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Croston Street (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.