Total Crime Rate
356.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
176.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Yeovil Place area has the highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Blurton , and the 45th 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 Yeovil Place (ST3 3LL) in the last 12 months was 356.8 per 1,000 residents and was 189.7% higher than the Blurton average (123.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 176.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Yeovil Place (ST3 3LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Witchford Crescent, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Zetland Place (17 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Swallows Nest Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yaxley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Witchford Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Witchford Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Witchford Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Witchford Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Witchford Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Witchford Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Zetland Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wimborne Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Zetland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Zetland Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Zetland Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Zetland Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yardley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Witchford Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Witchford Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wimborne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Yeovil Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Urmston Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Urmston Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wimborne Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Verney Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Verney Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Yeovil Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Yeovil Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Yeovil Place | Under investigation |
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