Total Crime Rate
952.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
422.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brickhouse Street 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 Brickhouse Street (ST6 3AE) 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 Brickhouse Street (ST6 3AE), the main crime hotspot is near Sytchmill Way. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 41 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 | Shoplifting | Alderley Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Baddeley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swan Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swan Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swan Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pack Horse Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Owen Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baddeley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baddeley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wedgwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wedgwood Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wedgwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bycars Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bycars Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bycars Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Card Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Swan Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Swan Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stephenson Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swan Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ironstone Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Hadderidge | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alderley Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St John'S Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St John'S Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Place | — |
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