Total Crime Rate

78.3 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 78.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.7 7/10
  • Other crime 10.7 10/10
  • Public order 10.7 7/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Friars Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Abbey Hulton , and the 366th lowest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Friars Road (ST2 8DQ) in the last 12 months was 78.3 per 1,000 residents and was 27.3% lower than the Abbey Hulton average (107.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 49.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Friars Road (ST2 8DQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Abbots Place, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Friars Place (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Friars Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taylor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Fishpond Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Fishpond Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fishpond Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Abbots Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft A5009 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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