Total Crime Rate

87.3 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 87.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.1 8/10
  • Burglary 16.8 10/10
  • Public order 16.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.1 3/10
  • Other crime 6.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Penkville Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Boothen , and the 414th lowest crime rate of 844 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 Penkville Street (ST4 5AL) in the last 12 months was 87.3 per 1,000 residents and was 44.8% lower than the Boothen average (158.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -76.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 26.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penkville Street (ST4 5AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Munro Street, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Trow Close (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Penkville Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Summer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Trow Close
Sep 2025Public order Trow Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trow Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Vinebank Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vinebank Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cloister Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vinebank Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Vinebank Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Munro Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Villa Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trow Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Munro Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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