Total Crime Rate

65.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 65.8 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.7 6/10
  • Public order 11.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Longton Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Hanford, Newstead & Trentham , and the 313th lowest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Longton Road (ST4 8DQ) in the last 12 months was 65.8 per 1,000 residents and was 10.9% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 450.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 41.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 650.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Longton Road (ST4 8DQ), 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 Longton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Consall Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mallowdale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Leyfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunbury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hazeldene Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Caspian Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Lindum Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chessington Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chessington Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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