Total Crime Rate
246.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
134.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026College Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Bucknall & Eaton Park , and the 111th 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 College Road (ST4 2EF) in the last 12 months was 246.5 per 1,000 residents and was 211.9% higher than the Bucknall & Eaton Park average (79.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 134.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 65.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around College Road (ST4 2EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Thornton Road, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Queen Anne Street (33 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 | Burglary | Ashford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Thornton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoke Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Seaford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beresford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beresford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cauldon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Crowther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crowther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Watford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | College Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carlton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stoke Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boughey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boughey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Boughey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Queen Anne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Queen Anne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Anne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ashford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Spencer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spencer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Spencer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Carlton Road | Under investigation |
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