Total Crime Rate

440.1 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 440.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 132.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 83.3 10/10
  • Public order 49.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 44.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 33.9 10/10
  • Other theft 33.9 10/10
  • Drugs 18.2 10/10
  • Burglary 15.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.0 9/10
  • Other crime 7.8 9/10
  • Theft from the person 5.2 7/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Church Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Boothen , and the 21st 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 Church Street (ST4 1DB) in the last 12 months was 440.1 per 1,000 residents and was 178.4% higher than the Boothen average (158.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 184.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.6% 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 161 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vale Street (56 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Church Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting South Wolfe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Charlton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Liverpool Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Liverpool Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trade Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trade Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Trade Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Trade Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Liverpool Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Trade Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Trade Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Trade Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hide Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Liverpool Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liverpool Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Campbell Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Church Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wolfe Street

Data Sources

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