Total Crime Rate

126.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 126.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.0 9/10
  • Burglary 9.7 8/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Public order 9.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.5 4/10
  • Other crime 6.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

Garsdale 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.

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Crime Over Time in Garsdale Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashby Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fallow Field Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orford Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chilworth Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dennington Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Ingleby Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ingleby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ellerby Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Ellerby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedale Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bedale Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ripon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fallow Field Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Rothley Green Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaconsfield Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ingestre Square
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ingestre Square
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ingestre Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ingestre Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Ingestre Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ingestre Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rothley Green Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rothley Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Finstock Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Finstock Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Barracks Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garsdale Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Consett Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dennington Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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