Total Crime Rate
562.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
239.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Church Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Boothen , and the 20th 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 Church Street (ST4 1DB) in the last 12 months was 562.5 per 1,000 residents and was 188.7% higher than the Boothen average (194.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 92 (≈ 239.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Street (ST4 1DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 246 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vale Street (65 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stoke-On-Trent| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Campbell Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Campbell Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Campbell Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Campbell Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Campbell Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Campbell Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Campbell Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Campbell Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knowl Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hide Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hide Street | Under investigation |
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