Total Crime Rate

205.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 205.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 55.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.4 9/10
  • Public order 16.6 9/10
  • Other theft 13.0 9/10
  • Other crime 8.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 5/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Burglary 1.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

This area has the 11th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Bucknall & Eaton Park , and the 136th 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 This (ST4 2AR) in the last 12 months was 205.7 per 1,000 residents and was 148.5% higher than the Bucknall & Eaton Park average (82.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 79.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode ST4 2AR, the main crime hotspot is near Thornton Road. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in ST4 2AR area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lordship Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Darnley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conway Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spencer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lordship Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Darnley Street
Sep 2025Burglary Darnley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thornton Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thornton Road
Sep 2025Drugs Thornton Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Thornton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Thornton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Thornton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Conway Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Conway Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Conway Street
Sep 2025Public order Lordship Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lordship Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lordship Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashford Street
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ashford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ashford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashford Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Ashford Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carlton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spencer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boughey Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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