Total Crime Rate

49.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

23.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 49.6 5/10
  • Violent crimes 23.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 2/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sussex Place area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Dresden & Florence , and the 217th 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 Sussex Place (ST3 4TP) in the last 12 months was 49.6 per 1,000 residents and was 61.6% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -12.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 23.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -95.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sussex Place (ST3 4TP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Buccleuch Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sussex Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wren View Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Argyll Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cookson Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cookson Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Apr 2026Other crime Oakwell Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oakwell Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hamilton Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lennox Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Argyll Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Roxburghe Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Apr 2026Other crime Wingrove Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Windsor Avenue
Apr 2026Public order Upper Belgrave Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Belgrave Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Durham Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Durham Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

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