Crime Rates at Locketts Lane, Stoke-on-trent, ST3 4JL

Locketts Lane area has the 15th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Dresden & Florence , and the 400th 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 Locketts Lane (ST3 4JL) in the last 12 months was 94.9 per 1,000 residents and was 23.2% lower than the Dresden & Florence average (123.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 60.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Locketts Lane (ST3 4JL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Erskine Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.