Total Crime Rate

344.4 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 344.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 161.8 10/10
  • Public order 49.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 45.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.8 9/10
  • Burglary 16.6 10/10
  • Other theft 12.5 8/10
  • Robbery 12.5 9/10
  • Other crime 8.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Persia Walk area has the 5th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Burslem , and the 36th 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 Persia Walk (ST6 5BY) in the last 12 months was 344.4 per 1,000 residents and was 57.5% 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 224.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Persia Walk (ST6 5BY), the main crime hotspot is near Tower Square. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Persia Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hose Street
Sep 2025Public order Madison Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farndale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Tower Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bank Street
Sep 2025Burglary Bank Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bank Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Madison Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Madison Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stringer Court
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nash Peake Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rathbone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rathbone Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Haymarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Madison Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Madison Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Haymarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Goodfellow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hose Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tower Square
Sep 2025Other theft Hoover Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nash Peake Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Keele Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lambert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Madeira Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farndale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Piccadilly Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Piccadilly Street Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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