Total Crime Rate

86.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 86.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.9 8/10
  • Public order 9.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.4 4/10
  • Drugs 6.4 7/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Meir Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Dresden & Florence , and the 411th lowest 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 Meir Road (ST3 7JB) in the last 12 months was 86.8 per 1,000 residents and was 29.7% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 51.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meir Road (ST3 7JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Alexandra Road, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alexander Court (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Meir Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sefton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Askern Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ebury Grove —
Sep 2025Drugs Alexander Court Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alexander Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lexham Place Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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