Total Crime Rate

952.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

422.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 952.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 422.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 300.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 190.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 121.8 10/10
  • Public order 82.5 10/10
  • Other theft 60.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 47.2 10/10
  • Burglary 31.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 31.4 10/10
  • Robbery 21.6 10/10
  • Drugs 19.7 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 17.7 10/10
  • Other crime 15.7 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.9 8/10
  • Theft from the person 5.9 7/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Waterloo Road area has the highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Burslem , and the 8th 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 Waterloo Road (ST6 2EL) in the last 12 months was 952.9 per 1,000 residents and was 276.9% higher 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 153 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -23.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 215 (≈ 422.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterloo Road (ST6 2EL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pitt Street East, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Swan Square (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Waterloo Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/49)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Pitt Street East Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Chapel Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Swan Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swan Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nicholas Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Macintyre Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chapel Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chapel Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chapel Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chapel Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chapel Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chapel Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chapel Lane —
Apr 2026Public order Chapel Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Swan Square —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chapel Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chapel Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Other theft Adelaide Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stroma Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stroma Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Pitt Street East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Exmouth Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Swan Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Macintyre Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Swan Square —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Owen Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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