Crime Rates at Baptist Street, Stoke-on-trent, ST6 3EU

Baptist 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 Baptist Street (ST6 3EU) 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 Baptist Street (ST6 3EU), 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 Wedgwood Street (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.