Total Crime Rate
73.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Trafalgar Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Basford & Hartshill , and the 345th lowest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Trafalgar Road (ST4 7PH) in the last 12 months was 73.1 per 1,000 residents and was 7.7% lower than the Basford & Hartshill average (79.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 800.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 42.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 1000.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Trafalgar Road (ST4 7PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Camellia Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Basford & Hartshill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hulme Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hulme Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cumming Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stoke Old Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rosemary Ednam Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Egerton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robert Knox Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robert Knox Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robert Knox Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumming Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Robert Knox Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robert Knox Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crescent Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Basford Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Basford Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Crescent Grove | Under investigation |
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