Total Crime Rate
4289.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1928.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026This area has the highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Etruria & Hanley , and the highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around This (ST1 5BY) in the last 12 months was 4289.1 per 1,000 residents and was 753.0% higher 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 574 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 18 cases , up 5.9% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 34.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -16.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 887 (≈ 1928.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around postcode ST1 5BY, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 151 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lower Foundry Street (79 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stoke-On-Trent| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brockley Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brockley Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brockley Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Union Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brockley Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Bryan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rixdale Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kibworth Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kibworth Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kibworth Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lamb Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lamb Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brockley Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brockley Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Foundry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosevean Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosevean Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rosevean Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rosevean Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Foundry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Foundry Street | Under investigation |
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