Total Crime Rate

107.0 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 107.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.8 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.4 9/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Fawfield Drive area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Goldenhill & Sandyford , and the 367th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Stoke-on-Trent .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fawfield Drive (ST6 5NR) in the last 12 months was 107.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1.6% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 59.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fawfield Drive (ST6 5NR), the main crime hotspot is near Ancaster Street. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fawfield Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elton Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Farm View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sneyd Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlotte Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fawfield Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Murray Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Gordon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferney Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ferney Place —
Sep 2025Other crime Willoughby Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cotton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cotton Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heath Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willoughby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willoughby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maureen Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maureen Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Willoughby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Willoughby Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brakespeare Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Golf Links Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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