Total Crime Rate

121.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 121.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.8 6/10
  • Other theft 14.8 9/10
  • Burglary 11.1 9/10
  • Drugs 7.4 7/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Trafalgar Street area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Birches Head & Northwood , and the 316th 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 Trafalgar Street (ST1 5AY) in the last 12 months was 121.8 per 1,000 residents and was 7.0% lower than the Birches Head & Northwood average (130.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 33.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Trafalgar Street (ST1 5AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 168 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hope Street (89 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Trafalgar Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marsh Street North Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marsh Street North Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marsh Street North Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marsh Street North
Sep 2025Public order Union Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashbourne Grove
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashbourne Grove
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Foundry Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Union Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Shopping Area Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order Kibworth Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Kibworth Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Kibworth Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Kibworth Grove Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Hope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Foundry Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Foundry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quadrant Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hope Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Hope Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hope Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hope Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hope Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hope Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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