Total Crime Rate
126.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Garsdale Crescent area has the 27th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Blurton , and the 306th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Garsdale Crescent (ST3 3JP) in the last 12 months was 126.6 per 1,000 residents and was 16.2% higher than the Blurton average (108.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 74.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Garsdale Crescent (ST3 3JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beaconsfield Drive, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Allendale Walk (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blurton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashby Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fallow Field | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orford Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chilworth Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dennington Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ingleby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ingleby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ellerby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ellerby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedale Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bedale Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ripon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fallow Field | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Rothley Green | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ingestre Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ingestre Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ingestre Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ingestre Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ingestre Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingestre Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rothley Green | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rothley Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Finstock Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Finstock Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Barracks Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Garsdale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Consett Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dennington Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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