Total Crime Rate
86.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Walton Road area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Boothen , and the 383rd 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 Walton Road (ST4 5PH) in the last 12 months was 86.1 per 1,000 residents and was 55.8% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 47.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Walton Road (ST4 5PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Alder Walk, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elphinstone Road (21 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Elphinstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elphinstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Greenwood Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elphinstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elphinstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Claytonwood Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Summerville Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Alder Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Greyswood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darrall Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alder Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elphinstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kensington Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Swan Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swan Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elphinstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Swan Lane | Under investigation |
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