Total Crime Rate
344.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Stringer Court 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 Stringer Court (ST6 5JL) 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 Stringer Court (ST6 5JL), 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.
View Crime In Burslem| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farndale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Rathbone Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rathbone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Haymarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Haymarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Tower Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tower Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stringer Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Madison Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Madison Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Goodfellow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nash Peake Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hose Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hose Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Madison Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Madison Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Madison Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Madeira Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Piccadilly Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Piccadilly Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Piccadilly Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farndale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Keele Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hoover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bank Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nash Peake Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lambert Street | Under investigation |
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