Total Crime Rate

81.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 81.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.5 8/10
  • Public order 9.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.2 4/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Burglary 5.4 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Other crime 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

High 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.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Haymarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Goodfellow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Newfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Meir Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bank Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Aidan'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order St Aidan'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bank Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Bank Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Haymarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hoover Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bond Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meir Street
Sep 2025Public order Keele Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Madison Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Malton Grove
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Madison Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Madison Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Madison Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime New Hayes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Madison Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Henry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henry Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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