Total Crime Rate

122.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 122.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.3 8/10
  • Public order 20.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

The Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Basford & Hartshill , and the 313th highest 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 The Avenue (ST4 6BW) in the last 12 months was 122.9 per 1,000 residents and was 55.1% higher than the Basford & Hartshill average (79.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 71.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Avenue (ST4 6BW), 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 (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Palmers Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stoke Old Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashlands Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ashlands Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rosemary Ednam Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Egerton Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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