Total Crime Rate

764.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 764.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 237.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 165.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 94.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 58.9 10/10
  • Public order 53.1 10/10
  • Other theft 33.4 10/10
  • Burglary 31.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 29.5 10/10
  • Drugs 19.7 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 17.7 10/10
  • Robbery 11.8 9/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Theft from the person 2.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lessways Walk area has the highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Burslem , and the 9th 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 Lessways Walk (ST6 3BT) in the last 12 months was 764.2 per 1,000 residents and was 249.5% 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 121 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 163 (≈ 320.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lessways Walk (ST6 3BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Alderley Rise, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Furlong Passage (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lessways Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotterill Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cotterill Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Furlong Passage
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodbank Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodbank Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson William Clowes Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime William Clowes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brick House Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cotterill Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pleasant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cotterill Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Macintyre Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotterill Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotterill Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Holecroft Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pitt Street East Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leonora Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pitt Street East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pleasant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Alderley Rise Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Alderley Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Alderley Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Camoys Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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