Crime Rates at The Square, Stoke-on-trent, ST3 6DR

The 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 6DR) 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 6DR), 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.