Total Crime Rate

129.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

57.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 129.8 8/10
  • Violent crimes 57.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 15.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.6 4/10
  • Drugs 7.6 7/10
  • Other crime 7.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lime Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Boothen , and the 298th highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lime Street (ST4 4EF) in the last 12 months was 129.8 per 1,000 residents and was 33.4% lower 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 57.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.8% 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 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Booth Street (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lime Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/41)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lime Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lime Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fletcher Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gable Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Corporation Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Birks Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Birks Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodhouse Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woodhouse Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lonsdale Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Corporation Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Birks Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Birks Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gable Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Butler Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Corporation Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Corporation Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Corporation Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Corporation Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Fletcher Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Fletcher Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Selwyn Street —
Apr 2026Other crime Booth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Keary Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Keary Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nicholls Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spode Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Spode Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Cornwallis Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cornwallis Street —
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Data Sources

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