Total Crime Rate
186.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Commercial Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Burslem , and the 162nd highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Commercial Street (ST6 3DB) in the last 12 months was 186.5 per 1,000 residents and was 14.7% lower 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 77.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Commercial Street (ST6 3DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pitt Street East, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pleasant Street (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burslem| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Holecroft Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorcroft Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nile Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wulstan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hobson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hobson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leonora Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warburton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wulstan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wulstan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Davison Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Walley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Davison Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bettany Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Macintyre Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Camoys Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lincoln Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cotterill Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pitt Street East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pitt Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Emerson Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cotterill Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cotterill Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotterill Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotterill Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotterill Grove | Under investigation |
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