Total Crime Rate
393.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
196.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Locketts Lane area has the 8th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Fenton East , and the 36th highest crime rate of 841 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 Locketts Lane (ST3 1RD) in the last 12 months was 393.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.2% higher 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 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 196.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Locketts Lane (ST3 1RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kendrick Street, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Buccleuch Road (14 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Hamilton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wren View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windsor Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lennox Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Roxburghe Avenue | Under investigation |
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