Total Crime Rate

374.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

215.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 374.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 215.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 143.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.0 9/10
  • Public order 36.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.4 10/10
  • Other theft 21.6 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 21.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 21.6 7/10
  • Drugs 14.4 9/10
  • Other crime 14.4 10/10
  • Robbery 14.4 9/10
  • Burglary 7.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Spring Garden Road area has the highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Dresden & Florence , and the 40th highest crime rate of 841 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 Spring Garden Road (ST3 2QN) in the last 12 months was 374.1 per 1,000 residents and was 189.6% higher than the Dresden & Florence average (129.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 215.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Spring Garden Road (ST3 2QN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Barford Street, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Farmer Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Spring Garden Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farmer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greendock Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farmer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Willow Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Willow Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Barford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Barford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farmer Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Burglary Edensor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Barford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greendock Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mafeking Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Greendock Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Greendock Street —
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Data Sources

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