Total Crime Rate
271.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gerrard Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Boothen , and the 72nd 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 Gerrard Street (ST4 7DS) in the last 12 months was 271.8 per 1,000 residents and was 71.9% higher than the Boothen average (158.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 125.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 58.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gerrard Street (ST4 7DS), the main crime hotspot is near Vale Street. Police recorded 83 crimes here, including 56 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Boothen| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lovatt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gerrard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Higson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Higson Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Andrew'S Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lovatt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pump Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Oxford Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Charlton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dominic Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Vale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Vale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Vale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Vale Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Vale Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Vale Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vale Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pump Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Convent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wadham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harris Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Frederick Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wadham Street | Under investigation |
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