Total Crime Rate
200.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
90.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grove Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Fenton East , and the 164th 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 Grove Road (ST4 4LF) in the last 12 months was 200.6 per 1,000 residents and was 46.8% lower than the Fenton East average (377.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 90.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grove Road (ST4 4LF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nutbrook Avenue, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fenton Hall Close (16 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Fenton Hall Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hamilton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nutbrook Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nutbrook Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beech Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nutbrook Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nutbrook Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nutbrook Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whieldon Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ridley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grove Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pine Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kemball Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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