Total Crime Rate
574.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lewis Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Boothen , and the 14th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lewis Street (ST4 7RR) in the last 12 months was 574.4 per 1,000 residents and was 263.3% 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 105 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -22.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 144 (≈ 274.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lewis Street (ST4 7RR), 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 | Possession of weapons | Charlton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hide Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lovatt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Trade Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Trade Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Trade Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Trade Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pump Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pump Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hide Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hornby Row | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trade Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hornby Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hornby Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornby Row | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vale Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Vale Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Vale Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Vale Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Vale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Vale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Vale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Trade Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lovatt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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