Total Crime Rate

83.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

75.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 83.0 7/10
  • Violent crimes 75.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.0 9/10
  • Public order 7.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.6 2/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

The Crescent area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Boothen , and the 370th 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 The Crescent (ST4 5QS) in the last 12 months was 83.0 per 1,000 residents and was 57.4% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour 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 21 (≈ 75.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Crescent (ST4 5QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Alder Walk, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St John'S Avenue (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Fremantle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mayfield Place West
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Levita Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wainwood Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alder Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Alder Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fremantle Road
Apr 2026Public order Fremantle Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Fremantle Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Withies Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mayfield Place West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Levita Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Tarporley Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodberry Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Watson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Withies Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shilton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shilton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wainwood Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wainwood Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Levita Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wainwood Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sutton Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sutton Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sutton Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Sutton Drive Further action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sutton Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sutton Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

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