Total Crime Rate

318.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 318.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 219.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.9 8/10
  • Public order 15.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

The Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Basford & Hartshill , and the 44th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Avenue (ST4 6BJ) in the last 12 months was 318.7 per 1,000 residents and was 302.4% higher than the Basford & Hartshill average (79.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 292.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 59.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Avenue (ST4 6BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ashlands Grove (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Cumming Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ashlands Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cumming Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Egerton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashlands Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stoke Old Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crescent Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rosemary Ednam Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Crescent Grove Under investigation
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Data Sources

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