Total Crime Rate

315.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

188.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 315.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 188.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 138.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 65.4 10/10
  • Public order 42.3 10/10
  • Other theft 19.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.4 9/10
  • Drugs 11.5 9/10
  • Burglary 7.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.7 9/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Alberta Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Dresden & Florence , and the 63rd 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 Alberta Street (ST3 4LB) in the last 12 months was 315.4 per 1,000 residents and was 144.1% higher 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 188.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alberta Street (ST3 4LB), 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 Alberta Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (28/28)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dunrobin Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Cromartie Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farmer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Erskine Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Erskine Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lilleshall Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cromartie Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cromartie Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alberta Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alberta Street Under investigation
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 2026Other crime Leveson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dunrobin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farmer Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alberta Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farmer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Conference/Exhibition Centre —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wise Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wise Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Roxburghe Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sheaf Passage Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sheaf Passage Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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