Total Crime Rate

123.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

74.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 123.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 74.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.1 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 12.9 10/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Shoplifting 6.5 4/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Other theft 3.2 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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 14th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Dresden & Florence , and the 320th highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lightwood Road (ST3 4LA) in the last 12 months was 123.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.8% lower than the Dresden & Florence average (129.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -4.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 74.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lightwood Road (ST3 4LA), the main crime hotspot is near Conference/Exhibition Centre. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lightwood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (29/29)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sheaf Passage Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oakwell Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wise Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lilleshall Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cookson Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cookson Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Roxburghe Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Erskine Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Erskine Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Oakwell Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lilleshall Street —
Apr 2026Other crime Leveson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Conference/Exhibition Centre —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wise Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sheaf Passage Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lilleshall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lilleshall Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alberta Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Cromartie Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cromartie Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Windsor Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cromartie Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dunrobin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alberta Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dunrobin Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alberta Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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