Total Crime Rate
98.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Square area has the 11th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Meir Hay North, Parkhall & Weston Coyney , and the 417th highest crime rate of 841 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 The Square (ST3 6DN) in the last 12 months was 98.0 per 1,000 residents and was 46.1% higher than the Meir Hay North, Parkhall & Weston Coyney average (67.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 64.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Square (ST3 6DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near North Walk, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blatchford Close (20 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Stansmore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beckett Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Farmwood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Farmwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tipping Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goodwin Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wood Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Harvey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | North Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Walk | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | North Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Westwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bird Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Harvey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Farm Wood Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Farm Wood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brookhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brookhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farmwood Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Brookhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Blatchford Close | Under investigation |
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