Total Crime Rate

224.8 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 224.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.6 10/10
  • Public order 33.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.1 8/10
  • Burglary 16.8 10/10
  • Other crime 13.4 10/10
  • Other theft 13.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle 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
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

Hawes Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Burslem , and the 116th 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 Hawes Street (ST6 5HJ) in the last 12 months was 224.8 per 1,000 residents and was 2.8% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 124.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 131.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hawes Street (ST6 5HJ), the main crime hotspot is near Mc Kinley Street. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hawes Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Spitfire Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nash Peake Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Madison Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Madison Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Henry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henry Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street
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 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nash Peake Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mc Kinley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Goodfellow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Madison Court 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 2025Public order Keele Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Aidan'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Aidan'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hoover Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bond Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mc Kinley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Spitfire Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Spitfire Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Bank Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs New Chapel Court Offender given a caution

Data Sources

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