Total Crime Rate

250.5 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 250.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 68.7 10/10
  • Other theft 24.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 24.2 7/10
  • Public order 20.2 9/10
  • Burglary 10.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Drugs 2.0 1/10
  • Other crime 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.0 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

London Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Boothen , and the 88th highest crime rate of 844 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 London Road (ST4 7PZ) in the last 12 months was 250.5 per 1,000 residents and was 58.5% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 105.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 97.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 65.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around London Road (ST4 7PZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 161 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vale Street (56 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in London Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lonsdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lonsdale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lonsdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lonsdale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lonsdale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lonsdale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Bilton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Boughey Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Club Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Club Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Keary Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Keary Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Keary Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Flax Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hornby Row Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Hornby Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hornby Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hornby Row
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flax Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sturgess Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sturgess Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sturgess Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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