Total Crime Rate

110.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

67.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 110.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 67.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.8 9/10
  • Public order 14.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.7 5/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Abbots Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Abbey Hulton , and the 367th highest crime rate of 841 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 Abbots Road (ST2 8DL) in the last 12 months was 110.3 per 1,000 residents and was 3.7% lower than the Abbey Hulton average (114.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 67.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Abbots Road (ST2 8DL), the main crime hotspot is near Elmsmere Road. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Abbots Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Elmsmere Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crestbrook Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crestbrook Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Elmsmere Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Abbots Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Abbots Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Abbots Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Carmount Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Carmount Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Carmount Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Carmount Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Friars Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenway Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tanners Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Chapel Drive Local resolution
Apr 2026Burglary Elmsmere Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Beard Grove —
Apr 2026Burglary Beard Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenway Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenway Place Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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