Total Crime Rate

256.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

64.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 256.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 95.8 9/10
  • Violent crimes 64.8 8/10
  • Other theft 62.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.9 7/10
  • Public order 16.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Other crime 5.6 7/10
  • Robbery 2.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lightwood Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Dresden & Florence , and the 101st highest crime rate of 841 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 Lightwood Road (ST3 4JP) in the last 12 months was 256.3 per 1,000 residents and was 98.4% higher than the Dresden & Florence average (129.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -5.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 64.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lightwood Road (ST3 4JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Erskine Street (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lightwood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cookson Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lilleshall Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Erskine Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lennox Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Argyll Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Argyll Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Windsor Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wren View Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Roxburghe Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Oakwell Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oakwell Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lilleshall Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lilleshall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lilleshall Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hamilton Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Churchfield Avenue —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cookson Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Erskine Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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