Total Crime Rate
231.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Holm 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.
View Crime In Boothen| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fletcher Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bannister Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fletcher Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fielding Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fielding Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sideway Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fielding Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nicholls Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nicholls Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birks Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bannister Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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