Total Crime Rate

507.5 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 507.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 204.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 94.5 10/10
  • Public order 67.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.8 10/10
  • Burglary 22.4 10/10
  • Other theft 17.4 9/10
  • Drugs 14.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 12.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.4 9/10
  • Robbery 10.0 9/10
  • Other crime 7.5 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.0 8/10
  • Theft from the person 5.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Lonsdale Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Boothen , and the 17th 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 Lonsdale Street (ST4 4DL) in the last 12 months was 507.5 per 1,000 residents and was 221.0% 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 82 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -52.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 115 (≈ 286.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 69.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lonsdale Street (ST4 4DL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 113 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Trade Street (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lonsdale Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lonsdale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Brook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowstead Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bowstead Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Bowstead Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bowstead Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brook Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Brook Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brook Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brook Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Campbell Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trade Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trade Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Other theft Trade Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Butler Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Campbell Place
Sep 2025Drugs Campbell Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Campbell Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Campbell Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Campbell Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Campbell Place Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other crime Gable Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gable Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gable Street

Data Sources

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