Total Crime Rate

53.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

20.1 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 53.6 5/10
  • Violent crimes 20.1 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.9 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.4 6/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.5 4/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Public order 2.2 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Weston Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Longton & Meir Hay South , and the 238th lowest crime rate of 841 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Weston Road (ST3 6EF) in the last 12 months was 53.6 per 1,000 residents and was 11.8% lower than the Longton & Meir Hay South average (60.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 20.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Weston Road (ST3 6EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Weston Road, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Grange (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Weston Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Weston Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Weston Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Macdonald Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Denehurst Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Apr 2026Other crime Brookhouse Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Brookhouse Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Brookhouse Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bird Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Grange Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Sprinkwood Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitcombe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Whitcombe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Whitcombe Road —
Apr 2026Burglary Coyney Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Coyney Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Weston Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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