Total Crime Rate
3010.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Stretton Close 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 Stretton Close (ST3 1NP) 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 Stretton Close (ST3 1NP), 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.
View Crime In Fenton East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Landon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Capewell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manse Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Manse Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Landon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Landon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Anchor Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Caroline Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Railway Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Priestley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmer Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Barlow Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Royston Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heber Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heber Street | Under investigation |
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