Total Crime Rate

104.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 104.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Sandy Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Goldenhill & Sandyford , and the 374th highest 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 Sandy Road (ST6 5LW) in the last 12 months was 104.7 per 1,000 residents and was 3.7% lower than the Goldenhill & Sandyford average (108.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandy Road (ST6 5LW), the main crime hotspot is near Walley Drive. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sandy Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henshall Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shelford Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maureen Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maureen Avenue —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Henshall Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walley Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walley Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walley Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shelford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walley Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shelford Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shelford Road —
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Data Sources

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