Crime Rates at Kensington Road, Stoke-on-trent, ST4 5BD

Kensington Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Boothen , and the 386th lowest crime rate of 841 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kensington Road (ST4 5BD) in the last 12 months was 86.8 per 1,000 residents and was 55.5% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 41.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 83.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kensington Road (ST4 5BD), 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.