Total Crime Rate

87.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 87.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.7 7/10
  • Public order 13.4 8/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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

Penfleet Avenue area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Meir Hay North, Parkhall & Weston Coyney , and the 412th lowest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Penfleet Avenue (ST3 6BP) in the last 12 months was 87.0 per 1,000 residents and was 30.0% higher than the Meir Hay North, Parkhall & Weston Coyney average (66.9 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 Burglary with 1 case , down -85.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 56.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 88.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penfleet Avenue (ST3 6BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Penfleet Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Grange Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Grange Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Penfleet Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Woodgate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Kingsley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Kingsley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Colclough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colclough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colclough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colclough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Meir View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rownall Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Rownall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Hill Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Yarnfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Harvey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brownfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brownfield Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brownfield Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Grange Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Grange Action to be taken by another organisation

Data Sources

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