Total Crime Rate

218.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 218.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.4 9/10
  • Other theft 21.8 10/10
  • Public order 21.8 9/10
  • Burglary 15.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.5 8/10
  • Drugs 6.2 6/10
  • Shoplifting 6.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Waterside Drive area has the 6th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Blurton , and the 124th highest crime rate of 844 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 Waterside Drive (ST3 3NX) in the last 12 months was 218.1 per 1,000 residents and was 100.2% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 115.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterside Drive (ST3 3NX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Witchford Crescent, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wyndham Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Waterside Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yeovil Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yaxley Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Urmston Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Wimborne Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Ufton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rothley Green Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ventnor Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rothley Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Barlaston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Urmston Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Thorpe Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Thorpe Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ripon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterside Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterside Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Twyning Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Zetland Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Yeovil Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Urmston Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Rothley Green Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Urmston Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thatcham Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Wyndham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Urmston Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wimborne Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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