Total Crime Rate
241.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Minster Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Burslem , and the 99th 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 Minster Street (ST6 1EN) in the last 12 months was 241.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.4% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 135.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Minster Street (ST6 1EN), the main crime hotspot is near Stanfield Road. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Burslem| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tellwright Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Inglefield Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadhurst Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadhurst Street | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lorne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lorne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lorne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lorne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Broadhurst Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | The Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Curzon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stanfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lawton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Louise Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Jackfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wilson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowden Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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