Total Crime Rate
30.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hartshill Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Basford & Hartshill , and the 105th 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 Hartshill Road (ST4 6AA) in the last 12 months was 30.0 per 1,000 residents and was 62.0% lower than the Basford & Hartshill average (79.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hartshill Road (ST4 6AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ashlands Grove (15 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 | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Ford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Rosemary Ednam Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosemary Ednam Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Osborne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashlands Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Garden Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ashlands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stoke Old Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hadrian Grove | Under investigation |
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