Total Crime Rate

289.6 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 289.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 42.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.8 10/10
  • Burglary 30.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.3 7/10
  • Other crime 15.4 10/10
  • Other theft 15.4 9/10
  • Drugs 11.6 9/10
  • Public order 11.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.7 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.7 9/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Shoplifting 3.9 3/10
  • 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

Bracken Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Fenton East , and the 60th 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 Bracken Street (ST4 3BS) in the last 12 months was 289.6 per 1,000 residents and was 22.8% lower than the Fenton East average (374.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 108.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 47.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bracken Street (ST4 3BS), the main crime hotspot is near Bourne Street. Police recorded 63 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bracken Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tweed Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Whitaker Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gorse Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tweed Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Whitaker Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Camden Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Camden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Camden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Chilton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chilton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chilton Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Chilton Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chilton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chilton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holly Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Whitaker Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brownsea Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dorcas Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Bourne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brownsea Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bourne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bourne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bourne Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bourne Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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