Total Crime Rate
243.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
123.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kelsall Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Bradeley & Chell Heath , and the 114th highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kelsall Street (ST6 1HL) in the last 12 months was 243.1 per 1,000 residents and was 214.4% higher than the Bradeley & Chell Heath average (77.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 123.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kelsall Street (ST6 1HL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stanfield Road, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kelsall Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stoke-On-Trent| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenway Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Steele Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macclesfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macclesfield Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Drugs | Steele Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadhurst Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stanfield Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stanfield Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stanfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lawton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lawton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wade Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wade Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wade Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Macclesfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Riley Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakville Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kedleston Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelsall Street | Under investigation |
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