Total Crime Rate

108.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 108.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.2 9/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Earlsbrook Drive area has the 4th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Hanford, Newstead & Trentham , and the 356th 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 Earlsbrook Drive (ST4 8DL) in the last 12 months was 108.6 per 1,000 residents and was 83.2% higher than the Hanford, Newstead & Trentham average (59.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 59.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 220.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 52.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Earlsbrook Drive (ST4 8DL), the main crime hotspot is near Chessington Crescent. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Earlsbrook Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Caspian Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chessington Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Mallowdale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hazeldene Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Earlsbrook Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lindum Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chessington Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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