Total Crime Rate

190.5 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 190.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.8 8/10
  • Public order 19.8 9/10
  • Other theft 15.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.9 9/10
  • Robbery 7.9 8/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Shoplifting 4.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 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

Fountain Place area has the 16th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Burslem , and the 156th 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 Fountain Place (ST6 3QA) in the last 12 months was 190.5 per 1,000 residents and was 12.9% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 95.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fountain Place (ST6 3QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Alderley Rise, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sytchmill Way (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Fountain Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brunel Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brick House Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Alderley Rise Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Market Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Price Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pack Horse Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wedgwood Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wedgwood Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Alderley Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Federation Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Federation Road —
Sep 2025Public order Federation Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Federation Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wedgwood Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wedgwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wedgwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wedgwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ironstone Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wedgwood Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Alderley Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Market Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodbank Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Furlong Passage —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Joseph Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Joseph Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jenkins Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Murhall Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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