Total Crime Rate

94.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

37.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 94.8 7/10
  • Violent crimes 37.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.9 6/10
  • Burglary 10.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.5 9/10
  • Other crime 7.5 9/10
  • Public order 7.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.0 3/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ashford Street area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Bucknall & Eaton Park , and the 410th lowest crime rate of 841 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ashford Street (ST4 2EL) in the last 12 months was 94.8 per 1,000 residents and was 19.9% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 37.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashford Street (ST4 2EL), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Ashford Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Conway Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thornton Road
Apr 2026Burglary Darnley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Thornton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Boughey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boughey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boughey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Watford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Watford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Queen Anne Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Carlton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Queen Anne Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Queen Anne Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour College Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Darnley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Darnley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Darnley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Darnley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Carlton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thornton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Carlton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Guildford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Seaford Street
Apr 2026Public order Beresford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beresford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Ashford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Cauldon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ashford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Ashford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Darnley Street

Data Sources

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