Total Crime Rate
48.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Argyll Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Dresden & Florence , and the 210th 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 Argyll Road (ST3 4RD) in the last 12 months was 48.7 per 1,000 residents and was 62.3% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 30.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Argyll Road (ST3 4RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Eversley Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stoke-On-Trent| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hamilton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alhambra Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Herbert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Spring Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eversley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Eversley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eversley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Upper Normacot Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wren View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windsor Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ludwall Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ludwall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Upper Belgrave Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyll Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyll Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wingrove Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lennox Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Belgrave Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
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