Total Crime Rate
193.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
121.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Epping Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Boothen , and the 174th highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Epping Road (ST4 6LL) in the last 12 months was 193.4 per 1,000 residents and was 0.7% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 121.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Epping Road (ST4 6LL), 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.
View Crime In Stoke-On-Trent| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kensington Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Greyswood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Swan Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swan Lane | — |
| 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 | Walton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elphinstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Summerville Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alder Walk | 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 | Other crime | Greenwood Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darrall Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Alder Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Swan Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elphinstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elphinstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Claytonwood Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elphinstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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