Total Crime Rate
62.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Longley Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 69 local areas in Fenton East , and the 291st lowest crime rate of 841 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 Longley Road (ST3 1AT) in the last 12 months was 62.8 per 1,000 residents and was 83.3% lower than the Fenton East average (377.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -27.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 39.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Longley Road (ST3 1AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lamotte Close, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Longley Road (12 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 | Public order | Wilmot Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilmot Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Manse Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rutland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rutland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Priorfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Flackett Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longley Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friar Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Grafton Road | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grafton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Smith Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Longley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Middle Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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