Total Crime Rate
207.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
127.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Minster Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Burslem , and the 149th highest crime rate of 841 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 Minster Street (ST6 1EN) in the last 12 months was 207.6 per 1,000 residents and was 17.9% lower than the Burslem average (252.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 127.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Minster Street (ST6 1EN), the main crime hotspot is near Moorland Road. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Stoke-On-Trent| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelsall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wade Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macclesfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macclesfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadhurst Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelsall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minster Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wade Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wade Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kedleston Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bowden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tellwright Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tellwright Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stanfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stanfield Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stanfield Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macclesfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Moorland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lawton Street | Under investigation |
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