Total Crime Rate

141.5 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 141.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.5 7/10
  • Burglary 17.1 10/10
  • Public order 17.1 9/10
  • Other theft 12.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.8 7/10
  • Other crime 7.3 8/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Robbery 2.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Bycars Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Burslem , and the 267th 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 Bycars Road (ST6 1BY) in the last 12 months was 141.5 per 1,000 residents and was 35.3% lower than the Burslem average (218.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 61.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bycars Road (ST6 1BY), the main crime hotspot is near Sytchmill Way. Police recorded 54 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bycars Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Wedgwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Port Vale Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jenkins Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Market Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ironstone Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brunel Close
Sep 2025Other crime Nicholas Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Darwin Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Owen Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Port Vale Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brick House Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marshall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marshall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marshall Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bycars Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Barber Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Barber Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Wain Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Jenkins Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nicholas Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Market Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wedgwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Price Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wedgwood Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Sytchmill Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wedgwood Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wedgwood Street Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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