Total Crime Rate

141.2 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 141.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.5 7/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Shoplifting 11.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Lime Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Boothen , and the 268th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lime Street (ST4 4EF) in the last 12 months was 141.2 per 1,000 residents and was 10.7% lower 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 68.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lime Street (ST4 4EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 48 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 Lime Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wolfe Street
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fletcher Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fletcher Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nicholls Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fielding Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fielding Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fielding Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gable Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gable Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Gable Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodhouse Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Corporation Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Butler Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Flax Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flax Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodhouse Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nicholls Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Woodhouse Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lonsdale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birks Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lonsdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lonsdale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lonsdale Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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