Total Crime Rate
81.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Burslem , and the 381st lowest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (ST6 5EN) in the last 12 months was 81.2 per 1,000 residents and was 62.9% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -73.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 56.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (ST6 5EN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parsonage Street, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kenworthy Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burslem| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Haymarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Goodfellow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Newfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Newfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Meir Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Aidan'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Aidan'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bank Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Haymarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hoover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bond Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Meir Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Keele Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Madison Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Malton Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Madison Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Madison Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Madison Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | New Hayes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Madison Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Henry Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Henry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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