Total Crime Rate

3010.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 3010.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 609.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 579.8 10/10
  • Public order 545.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 521.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 175.5 10/10
  • Other theft 159.6 10/10
  • Drugs 98.4 10/10
  • Burglary 93.1 10/10
  • Other crime 58.5 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 53.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 50.5 10/10
  • Robbery 45.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.6 9/10
  • Theft from the person 10.6 9/10
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

Marlborough Road area has the highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Fenton East , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Marlborough Road (ST3 1EJ) in the last 12 months was 3010.6 per 1,000 residents and was 703.0% higher 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 229 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 4 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 88.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 471 (≈ 1252.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Marlborough Road (ST3 1EJ), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 178 crimes here, including 132 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Marlborough Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Glenwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Railway Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Caroline Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Friar Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grafton Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flackett Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Railway Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Railway Passage Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Railway Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Railway Passage Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blandford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Railway Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Railway Passage
Sep 2025Other crime Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Menai Grove
Sep 2025Other crime Blandford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anchor Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Capewell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heber Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heber Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manse Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Manse Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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