Total Crime Rate
129.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ainsdale Close area has the 13th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Dresden & Florence , and the 301st highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ainsdale Close (ST3 4RY) in the last 12 months was 129.0 per 1,000 residents and was 0.1% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 69.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ainsdale Close (ST3 4RY), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Belgrave Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ludwall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Upper Belgrave Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lennox Road | 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 | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Hamilton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Upper Normacot Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ludwall Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alhambra Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
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