Crime Rates at Market Place, Stoke-on-trent, ST6 4AT

Market 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 Market Place (ST6 4AT) 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 Market Place (ST6 4AT), 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.