Total Crime Rate
131.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
85.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Loxley Place area has the 12th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Dresden & Florence , and the 293rd highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Loxley Place (ST3 7AR) in the last 12 months was 131.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1.8% higher than the Dresden & Florence average (129.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 85.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Loxley Place (ST3 7AR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A520, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Queensmead Road (22 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Ryder Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A520 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A520 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queensmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensmead Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Anson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Anson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kingsmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Forest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsmead Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bordeaux Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Loxley Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Loxley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearl Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pearl Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Normacot Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Normacot Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingsdale Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stockfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Viscount Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A520 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queensmead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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