Total Crime Rate

98.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 98.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.2 4/10
  • Public order 8.2 6/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Buttermere Close area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Burslem , and the 395th 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 Buttermere Close (ST6 4JP) in the last 12 months was 98.0 per 1,000 residents and was 55.2% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -12.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 65.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buttermere Close (ST6 4JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lucas Street, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brereton Place (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Buttermere Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Lucas Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ullswater Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newcastle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Flamborough Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ellgreave Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Davenport Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Davenport Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Stubbs Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Newcastle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Newcastle Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Brereton Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Brereton Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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