Total Crime Rate
160.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chatham Street area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Etruria & Hanley , and the 217th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chatham Street (ST1 4NY) in the last 12 months was 160.3 per 1,000 residents and was 68.5% 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 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 102.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chatham Street (ST1 4NY), the main crime hotspot is near Aynsley Road. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 34 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Stoke Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Havelock Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Howard Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bedford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Wellesley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Haywood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Havelock Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aynsley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shearer Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wood Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | College Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stoke Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoke Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoke Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoke Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoke Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | College Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Margill Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Aynsley Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cooper Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chamberlain Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cooper Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mark'S Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Mark'S Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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