Total Crime Rate

60.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 60.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.0 4/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Public order 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Furnace Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Dresden & Florence , and the 284th lowest crime rate of 844 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 Furnace Road (ST3 4QT) in the last 12 months was 60.5 per 1,000 residents and was 51.1% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 32.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Furnace Road (ST3 4QT), the main crime hotspot is near Furnace Road. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Furnace Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Upper Normacot Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wren View —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Belgrave Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Alhambra Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Herbert Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Watery Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Herbert Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Buccleuch Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Upper Belgrave Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Wren View Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buccleuch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Upper Belgrave Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferndown Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Normacot Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ainsdale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferndown Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Rothesay Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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