Total Crime Rate

271.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 271.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 84.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.8 10/10
  • Public order 25.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.6 8/10
  • Other theft 14.1 9/10
  • Burglary 8.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Other crime 5.7 7/10
  • Robbery 5.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Hartwell 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 Hartwell Road (ST3 7BB) 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 area’s 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 (≈ 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 Hartwell Road (ST3 7BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A520 (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hartwell Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shinwell Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pickford Place —
Sep 2025Robbery A520 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting A520 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting A520 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting A520 Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cobham Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pickford Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pickford Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dudley Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dudley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dudley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dudley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Saracen Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order A520 Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Saracen Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ryder Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Leacroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leacroft Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leacroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Saracen Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saracen Way —
Sep 2025Public order Ednam Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsford Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crossland Place East Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harrowby Road —
Sep 2025Public order Pickford Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order A520 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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