Total Crime Rate

105.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

43.2 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 105.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 43.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.0 7/10
  • Burglary 14.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.2 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.2 6/10
  • Drugs 7.2 7/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Public order 7.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.2 6/10
  • Other crime 4.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.4 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.4 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Guildford Street area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Bucknall & Eaton Park , and the 384th highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Guildford Street (ST4 2EP) in the last 12 months was 105.5 per 1,000 residents and was 33.5% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 43.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Guildford Street (ST4 2EP), the main crime hotspot is near Thornton Road. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Guildford Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Spencer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Watford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Darnley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Ashford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boughey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boughey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Boughey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Watford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Darnley Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Guildford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Carlton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Spencer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Spencer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Darnley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Darnley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour College Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Darnley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Ashford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ashford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thornton Road
Apr 2026Shoplifting Conway 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 2026Other theft Cauldon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Thornton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Darnley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Carlton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Carlton Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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