Total Crime Rate
131.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
85.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sandon Road 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 Sandon Road (ST3 7BS) 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 Sandon Road (ST3 7BS), the main crime hotspot is near Queensmead Road. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Stoke-On-Trent| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Viscount Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dalehead Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dalehead Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dalehead Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsmead Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kingsmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Grangewood Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stockfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Forest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ridge Walk | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anson Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Stockfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queensmead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queensmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Loxley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Loxley Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensmead Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
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