Total Crime Rate

55.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

9.3 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 55.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.4 6/10
  • Other theft 12.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 9.3 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.3 7/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Kensington Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Boothen , and the 249th lowest crime rate of 841 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kensington Road (ST4 5BB) in the last 12 months was 55.6 per 1,000 residents and was 71.5% lower than the Boothen average (194.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kensington Road (ST4 5BB), the main crime hotspot is near Neville Street. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kensington Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Daintry Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oakhill Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Racecourse Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kensington Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Neville Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Neville Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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