Total Crime Rate
50.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chaplin 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.
View Crime In Stoke-On-Trent| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunrobin Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilleshall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnes Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchfield Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakwell Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Oakwell Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilleshall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beadnell Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunrobin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilleshall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lilleshall Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnes Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wise Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wise Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Peel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cookson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cookson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Erskine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barnes Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Erskine Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Durham Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fairfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fairfield Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Durham Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfield Avenue | Under investigation |
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