Total Crime Rate

138.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

64.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 138.3 9/10
  • Violent crimes 64.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.8 8/10
  • Other theft 25.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.3 8/10
  • Public order 12.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.7 10/10
  • Burglary 6.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.4 6/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

Lincoln Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Burslem , and the 283rd highest crime rate of 841 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 Lincoln Road (ST6 3DE) in the last 12 months was 138.3 per 1,000 residents and was 45.3% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 64.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lincoln Road (ST6 3DE), 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 Pleasant Street (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lincoln Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bettany Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Card Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Camoys Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Macintyre Street
Apr 2026Public order Macintyre Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Adelaide Street Under investigation
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 2026Criminal damage and arson Stroma Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stroma Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Card Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Dryden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cotterill Grove
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Emerson Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clyde Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Emerson Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Emerson Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Emerson Road
Apr 2026Public order Emerson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Emerson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Wulstan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stonor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Moorcroft Close
Apr 2026Public order Cotterill Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Exmouth Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Glendale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Pitt Street East Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Pitt Street East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Pitt Street East Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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