Total Crime Rate

432.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 432.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 196.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 50.3 8/10
  • Public order 30.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.1 10/10
  • Other theft 25.1 10/10
  • Burglary 20.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.0 8/10
  • Robbery 5.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Edenhurst Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Meir Park , and the 22nd 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 Edenhurst Avenue (ST3 6HF) in the last 12 months was 432.2 per 1,000 residents and was 391.2% higher than the Meir Park average (88.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 62.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -72.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 105.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Edenhurst Avenue (ST3 6HF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whittle Road, where police recorded 96 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Denewood Place (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Edenhurst Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whittle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whittle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whittle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Meadowcroft Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meadowcroft Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meadowcroft Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meadowcroft Avenue —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whittle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denewood Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whittle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whittle Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whittle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whittle Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whittle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whittle Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Whittle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whittle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whittle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Meadowcroft Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denewood Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denewood Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Denewood Place —
Sep 2025Burglary Denewood Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Denewood Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denewood Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denewood Place Local resolution

Data Sources

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