Total Crime Rate

271.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 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

Lewis 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 Lewis Street (ST4 7RS) 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 Lewis Street (ST4 7RS), 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 Lewis Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Charlton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Liverpool Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vale Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vale Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Vale Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hornby Row —
Sep 2025Public order Vale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Vale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Vale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Liverpool Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Liverpool Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Liverpool Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liverpool Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liverpool Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trade Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lovatt Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trade Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Trade Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Trade Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Trade Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Trade Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Trade Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hide Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hide Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pump Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pump Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Street Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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