Total Crime Rate

154.2 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 154.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.4 8/10
  • Public order 17.6 9/10
  • Other theft 11.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Robbery 6.6 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.4 7/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Shelton New Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Etruria & Hanley , and the 236th highest crime rate of 844 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 Shelton New Road (ST4 7AB) in the last 12 months was 154.2 per 1,000 residents and was 69.7% lower than the Etruria & Hanley average (509.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 90.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shelton New Road (ST4 7AB), the main crime hotspot is near Castlefield Street. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Shelton New Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Bedford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kilndown Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castlefield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Castlefield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bedford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bedford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kilndown Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shearer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tattershall Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tattershall Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson James Brindley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Penstock Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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