Crime Rates at Waterloo Road, Stoke-on-trent, ST6 3HB

Waterloo Road 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 Waterloo Road (ST6 3HB) 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 Waterloo Road (ST6 3HB), 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 Glendale Street (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.