Total Crime Rate
252.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
144.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wolstern Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Fenton East , and the 103rd 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 Wolstern Road (ST3 5BU) in the last 12 months was 252.5 per 1,000 residents and was 33.0% lower than the Fenton East average (377.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -2.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 144.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wolstern Road (ST3 5BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Short Bambury Street, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jervison Street (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 | Other crime | Weston Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Addington Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St Mary'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Mary'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowanburn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Weston Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ramshaw Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ramshaw Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ramshaw Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Short Bambury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Short Bambury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Short Bambury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Short Bambury Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addington Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Addington Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolstern Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Weston Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sark Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sark Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sark Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolstern Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bywater Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Longview Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Longview Close | Local resolution |
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