Total Crime Rate

235.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 235.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 112.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.6 9/10
  • Public order 16.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 16.1 6/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Abbots Place area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Abbey Hulton , and the 107th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Abbots Place (ST2 8ED) in the last 12 months was 235.5 per 1,000 residents and was 118.8% higher 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 135.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Abbots Place (ST2 8ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grantham Place, where police recorded 29 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 Abbots Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hulton Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Abbey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taylor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hadleigh 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 2025Violence and sexual offences Grantham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kevermunt Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft A5009 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abbey Street

Data Sources

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