Total Crime Rate

50.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

25.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 50.0 5/10
  • Violent crimes 25.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.3 6/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Chaplin Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Dresden & Florence , and the 221st lowest crime rate of 841 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chaplin Road (ST3 4NP) in the last 12 months was 50.0 per 1,000 residents and was 61.3% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 25.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chaplin Road (ST3 4NP), the main crime hotspot is near Erskine Street. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Chaplin Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dunrobin Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lilleshall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barnes Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Churchfield Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oakwell Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Oakwell Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lilleshall Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Beadnell Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dunrobin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lilleshall Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lilleshall Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Barnes Way
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wise Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wise Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Peel Street
Apr 2026Public order Peel Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cookson Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cookson Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Erskine Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Barnes Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Erskine Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Durham Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Fairfield Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Fairfield Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Burglary Durham Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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