Total Crime Rate

271.8 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 271.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 102.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.6 9/10
  • Burglary 35.9 10/10
  • Other theft 20.5 10/10
  • Public order 20.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.4 8/10
  • Other crime 7.7 9/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Gerrard 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.

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Crime Over Time in Gerrard Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lovatt Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Gerrard Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Higson Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Higson Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary St Andrew'S Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lovatt Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pump Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Oxford Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Charlton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dominic Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Vale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Vale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Vale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Vale Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Vale Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vale Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vale Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richmond Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pump Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Convent Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wadham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harris Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frederick Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Frederick Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wadham Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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