Total Crime Rate

47.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 47.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.9 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Public order 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Sandon Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Dresden & Florence , and the 220th lowest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sandon Road (ST3 7DF) in the last 12 months was 47.2 per 1,000 residents and was 61.8% lower than the Dresden & Florence average (123.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -47.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 34.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandon Road (ST3 7DF), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Sandon Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bolton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leacroft Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting A520 Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stockfield Road 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 2025Violence and sexual offences Ryder Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Leacroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Charnwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hawthorn Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seddon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seddon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sandon Old Road
Sep 2025Public order Charnwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Charnwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leacroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Bolton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Bolton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hawthorn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stockfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hawthorn Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pearl Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harrowby Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting A520 Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Anson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatsworth Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatsworth Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ednam Place Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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