Total Crime Rate

248.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 248.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 99.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.5 10/10
  • Public order 19.1 9/10
  • Burglary 15.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.3 9/10
  • Other theft 11.5 8/10
  • Drugs 7.6 7/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Anchor Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Fenton East , and the 89th 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 Anchor Road (ST3 5EF) in the last 12 months was 248.1 per 1,000 residents and was 33.8% lower than the Fenton East average (374.9 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 Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 122.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 52.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Anchor Road (ST3 5EF), the main crime hotspot is near Worth Close. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Anchor Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (28/28)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tideswell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ruskin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Oldway Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jervison Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jervison Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carroll Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stanfield Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heber Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heber Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Stanfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Loveston Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kirkbride Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Worth Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruskin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Capewell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marlow Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weston Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Checkley Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B5039 —
Sep 2025Public order Brightgreen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brightgreen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sandford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Albert Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Marlow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Harleigh Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brickfield Place Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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