Total Crime Rate

78.0 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 78.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.2 3/10
  • Burglary 6.8 7/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Douglas Avenue area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Boothen , and the 363rd lowest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Douglas Avenue (ST4 5JZ) in the last 12 months was 78.0 per 1,000 residents and was 50.7% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Douglas Avenue (ST4 5JZ), the main crime hotspot is near Neville Street. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Douglas Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingsland Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Forber Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fremantle Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fremantle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fremantle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Levita Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wakefield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wakefield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Racecourse Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forber Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fremantle Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsland Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences William Fiske Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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