Crime Rates at Westland Street, Stoke-on-trent, ST4 7HD

Westland Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Basford & Hartshill , and the 413th lowest crime rate of 841 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Westland Street (ST4 7HD) in the last 12 months was 95.2 per 1,000 residents and was 20.5% higher than the Basford & Hartshill average (79.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 20.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Westland Street (ST4 7HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Frederick Avenue, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Higson Avenue (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.