Total Crime Rate
54.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chaplin Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Dresden & Florence , and the 252nd lowest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chaplin Road (ST3 4RE) in the last 12 months was 54.6 per 1,000 residents and was 55.8% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 34.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chaplin Road (ST3 4RE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Furnace Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dresden & Florence| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Upper Belgrave Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Malt Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Watery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Alhambra Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Belgrave Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Upper Belgrave Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Malt Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Upper Normacot Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roxburghe Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Normacot Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Herbert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buccleuch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Rothesay Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wren View | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chatfield Place | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ainsdale Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Herbert Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wren View | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mandela Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Buccleuch Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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