Total Crime Rate
213.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Edgefield Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Fenton East , and the 129th 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 Edgefield Road (ST3 1AG) in the last 12 months was 213.4 per 1,000 residents and was 43.1% lower than the Fenton East average (374.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 98.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 47.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Edgefield Road (ST3 1AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Field Place, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Somerton Way (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Fenton East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | B5039 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clayfield Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tideswell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Albert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Field Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heber Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heber Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Capewell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Friar Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Oldway Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Checkley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brickfield Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sandford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sandwood Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Menai Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rochester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rochester Road | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beeston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Barclay Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arundel Way | Under investigation |
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