Total Crime Rate
48.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marlow Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 69 local areas in Fenton East , and the 211th 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 Marlow Road (ST3 5DS) in the last 12 months was 48.8 per 1,000 residents and was 87.1% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 32.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marlow Road (ST3 5DS), 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 Rowanburn Close (15 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Deanscroft Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addington Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Somerton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerton Way | 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 | Addington Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Addington Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Worth Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Short Bambury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Worth Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Worth Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Worth Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Somerton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Short Bambury Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Mary'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Weston Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Weston Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Weston Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Longview Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Longview Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowanburn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Corina Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolstern Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolstern Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clewlow Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dobell Grove | — |
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