Total Crime Rate
218.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
98.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026London Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Boothen , and the 137th 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 London Road (ST4 5AB) in the last 12 months was 218.4 per 1,000 residents and was 12.1% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 98.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around London Road (ST4 5AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Munro Street (24 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 | Vehicle crime | Corporation Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Trow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Club Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lychgate Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Fletcher Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fletcher Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cloister Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cloister Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Water Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Water Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penkville Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trow Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Trow Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boughey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Trow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Trow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Trow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croft Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Villas | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | The Villas | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vine Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vine Row | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Corporation Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Corporation Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Corporation Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Corporation Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Corporation Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boughey Street | Under investigation |
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