Total Crime Rate

764.2 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 764.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 237.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 165.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 94.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 58.9 10/10
  • Public order 53.1 10/10
  • Other theft 33.4 10/10
  • Burglary 31.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 29.5 10/10
  • Drugs 19.7 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 17.7 10/10
  • Robbery 11.8 9/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Theft from the person 2.0 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

Moorland Road area has the highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Burslem , and the 9th 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 Moorland Road (ST6 1DY) in the last 12 months was 764.2 per 1,000 residents and was 249.5% higher 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 121 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 163 (≈ 320.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Moorland Road (ST6 1DY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pitt Street East, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Swan Square (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Moorland Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pitt Street East Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Holecroft Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Port Vale Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Port Vale Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hobson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Jenkins Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jenkins Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hobson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nicholas Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Nicholas Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Hobson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hobson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Chapel Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nile Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pitt Street East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Price Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Owen Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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