Total Crime Rate
284.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cromartie Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Dresden & Florence , and the 62nd highest crime rate of 844 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 Cromartie Street (ST3 4LE) in the last 12 months was 284.2 per 1,000 residents and was 129.9% higher 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 140.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cromartie Street (ST3 4LE), the main crime hotspot is near Conference/Exhibition Centre. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Dresden & Florence| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Olof Palme Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kildare Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunrobin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blantyre Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kildare Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kildare Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Erskine Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Clair Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Clair Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromartie Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Leveson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leveson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leveson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leveson Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Olof Palme Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Olof Palme Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alberta Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tatton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Farmer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Battisson Crescent | — |
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