Total Crime Rate
271.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Grangewood Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Dresden & Florence , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 844 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 Grangewood Road (ST3 7AX) in the last 12 months was 271.2 per 1,000 residents and was 119.4% higher than the Dresden & Florence average (123.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 650.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (β 115.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 78.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grangewood Road (ST3 7AX), the main crime hotspot is near A520. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Dresden & Florence| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dudley Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harrowby Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cobham Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seddon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seddon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pickford Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pickford Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leacroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bolton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bolton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leacroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Crossland Place East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ogmore Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossland Place East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossland Place East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dudley Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsford Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Charnwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Charnwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Charnwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cobham Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ogmore Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shinwell Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | A520 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pickford Place | β |
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