Total Crime Rate

231.8 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 231.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 92.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.7 9/10
  • Public order 33.1 10/10
  • Burglary 13.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.3 8/10
  • Other theft 13.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.3 9/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 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

Holm Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Boothen , and the 109th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Holm Close (ST4 4BD) in the last 12 months was 231.8 per 1,000 residents and was 46.6% higher than the Boothen average (158.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 132.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holm Close (ST4 4BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fielding Street, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fletcher Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Holm Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fletcher Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bannister Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fletcher Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fielding Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fielding Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sideway Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fielding Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nicholls Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nicholls Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birks Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bannister Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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