Total Crime Rate
188.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ashridge Grove area has the highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Longton & Meir Hay South , and the 160th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ashridge Grove (ST3 5BB) in the last 12 months was 188.5 per 1,000 residents and was 244.2% higher than the Longton & Meir Hay South average (54.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 114.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 53.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashridge Grove (ST3 5BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sark Place, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rowanburn Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Longton & Meir Hay South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanfield Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bywater Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brightgreen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brightgreen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Loganbeck Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Marlow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolstern Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlow Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bywater Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Stanfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jervison Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowanburn Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rowanburn Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowanburn Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Short Bambury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Short Bambury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jervison Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowanburn Close | Under investigation |
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