Total Crime Rate
614.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
306.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lonsdale Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Boothen , and the 15th highest crime rate of 841 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 614.4 per 1,000 residents and was 215.4% higher than the Boothen average (194.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 81 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -1.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 123 (≈ 306.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.4% 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 186 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Trade Street (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stoke-On-Trent| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Selwyn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodhouse Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trade Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hide Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hide Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boothen Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | South Wolfe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Glebe Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | South Wolfe Street | Local resolution |
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